Sampling for the 2018 fish seine survey on Spa Creek will meet at the Truxton Park Boat Ramp to seine at the adjacent beach.Please be prepared to get a little wet. This first sampling event may be a little longer as we learn to identify some of the fish species but should only take about 40 minutes to an hour.
The schedule for the season will be the second and third Fridays of the month July through September at 4pm:
- July 13th and 20th
- August 10th and 17th
- September 7th and 14th
Here is a quick resource for some of the fish:
The fish species we are likely to see are listed underneath. The two super common species that we may see a lot of are Striped Killifish and Mummichogs. Male Striped Killifish can be confused with Mummichogs because of their vertical bars. There are a few other less common species that look similar that we may also see (Rainwater Killifish, Mosquito Fish, Pupfish, Banded Killifish). White Perch in the picture to the right. 
- Striped Killifish (notice males and females look different)
- Mummichogs (most easily confused with male Striped Killifish)
- Atlantic Silversides (possibly Inland Silversides too)
- White Perch (young-of-the-year and adults)
- Striped Bass (young-of-the-year)
- Atlantic Menhaden (young-of-the-year)
- Pumpkinseed
- Gizzard shad
| 7/13/18 | 7/20 | 8/10 | 8/17 | 9/20 | |
| Species | Count | ||||
| Atlantic Silverside | 9 | 17 | 8 | 70 | 73 |
| Atlantic Needlefish | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Inland Silverside | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | |
| Mummichog | 14 | 44 | 156 | 228 | 238 |
| Pumpkin Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Striped Bass (young-of-the-year) | 1 | ||||
| Striped Killifish | 48 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 34 |
| White Perch (young-of-the-year) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| White Perch | 1 | ||||
| Blue Crab | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Sheepshead Minnow | 2 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 94 |
| Grass Shrimp | 131 | ||||
| Spotted Seatrout | 2 | ||||
| Mud Crab (Unidentified) | 1 | ||||
| Fourspine Stickleback | 1 |