I subscribe to a magazine called Missouri Conservationist. The current issue has an article about lake sturgeon, Missouri's largest fish. Biologists have been studying these fish by attaching radio collars so they can keep track of their movements. Here's an excerpt from the article:
>>> Radiotagged fish are named after characters from the old Andy Griffith Show. Barney, Opie, Aunt Bea (sic) and their friends have been teaching us a lot about the lives of lake sturgeon. Goober, a 23-pound male we caught and tagged just south of Hannibal in late March 2005, has been an especially interesting fish to follow. After tracking him for a little over a week, he disappeared. Although we searched for him nearly every day, we didn't find him until 10 days later. He'd moved 18 miles downriver, to the town of Louisiana. Then, for some reason, he decided to head back upstream. Over the next six days we tracked him for another 80 miles as he made his way to Keokuk, Iowa. During that time he navigated around submerged rock dikes, through the fishing lines of shoreline anglers, and passed through three dams that break the river into large flowing pools...Goober must have really wanted to go upstream to have passed through three dams. >>> You can read the entire article here: http://www.mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2007/02/40.htm Mitch Jayne, the bass player of the Dillards/Darlings, is an outstanding writer who occasionally writes stories for this magazine. Every TAGS fan is familiar with the song "Dooley" (which Mitch co-wrote) but did you know Dooley was a real person? Here's one of Mitch's hilarious Dooley stories: http://www.mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1997/11/60.htm Hearing Mitch read his stories aloud is much better than seeing them on the printed page. Weaver's used to sell some of his books on tape, but I guess they're all out of print now. --Paul Mulik _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
