Wednesday, October 10th Lance Williams, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources at OSU helped us sample fish in Apple Creek at Grosjean Park. No trout were found, as we suspected they have all been fished out. But we did collect sample of more than a dozen native fish species, with several suckers exceeding a foot in length. The good news is that many of the fish are indicators of good water quality. Examples are northern hog suckers, abundant stone rollers and several shiner species. Also there was no evidence of diseased fish. This is unlike what we found 6 miles upstream a month earlier in Apple Creek as it passes through the ATI/OARDC property. White suckers and creek chubs were abundant and many had fin rot and black spot disease, all indicative of poor water quality.

At our November chapter meeting Lance will address members on his findings at Apple Creek and what we can do to monitor water quality and improve stream habitat as a trout fishery.