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Photo by Bill Houghton

May 2008 Field Trip


Gia dips out some channel catfish.


Teams work together to put a Floy T-tag in each channel catfish.


Students make an effort to get tags into the fish just below the dorsal fin.


Each fish is measured to the nearest quarter inch.


Students return from sampling invertebrates.


All fish are weighed.


Students look at the invertebrates collected. Dragonfly nymphs were most abundant.


Data is recorded by students not handling the fish.


Catfish are handled by one student, and data is recorded by another student.


Staff members get involved transporting catfish before Prattville High School's baseball team wins a playoff game.


Tagging catfish took the most effort.


Seining efforts in the afternoon were successful in seining catfish.


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Chemical and Invertebrate Sampling