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BRAVO Node 1 Archive

Archived Video Files of Fish Activity From NODE 1 - Grand River, Ontario, Canada.   

Biotactic Videography and Telemetry Lab  Biotactic Videography and Telemetry Lab  a summer evening on the Grand River near Doon, Kitchner Ontario  Biotactic crew installing the first prototype of the BRAVO node 1 camera

Fish activity has been filtered by our motion detection algorithms to highlight interesting details near the node.

EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS NODE BELOW...WE LOG AND STORE ALL DATA IN OUR COMPLETE ARCHIVE:

2005

July 31 2005 Terrestrial view
August 16 2005 Motion filtered - centrarchids/catostomids/cyprinids
August 16 2005 Motion filtered - juvenile smallmouth bass
August 17 2005  Motion filtered - juvenile smallmouth bass and minnows
August 18 2005 Motion filtered - 0+ smallmouth bass, carp, rockbass
August 18 2005 Motion filtered - redhorse feeding, bass, carp

 

2006

January 27 2006 Motion filtered winter redhorse activity
February 6 2006  Winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 10 2006  Winter movement and activity in shallow water  - redhorse suckers
February 12 2006 Winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 12 2006  Winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 14 2006  Winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
February 15 2006  Winter movement and activity in shallow water - redhorse suckers
March 28 2006  Northern pike very briefly
March 30 2006  Beginning of shiner migration
April 3 2006  Golden redhorse, short clip
April 3 2006  More redhorse activity, foraging behaviour
April 8 2006  Redhorse feeding up close
April 18 2006  Foraging redhorse sucker
April 29 2006  Sucker feeding
April 30 3006 Adult smallmouth bass, swimming behaviour
May 4 2006 Juvenile smallmouth bass, swimming activity
May 13 2006 Brown bullhead very briefly
May 29 2006  Smallmouth bass, rock bass, common carp, redhorse suckers
June 5 2006  Greater redhorse feeding, multiple fish, high turbidity
June 8 2006  Lens cleaning, juvenile smallmouth bass
June 8 2006  Greater redhorse, rock bass, smallmouth bass - good first half
June 8 2006  Smallmouth bass foraging
June 9 2006  Smallmouth bass, redhorse, white sucker, black crappie
June 18 2006 White sucker following behaviour, smallmouth bass, carp, rock bass
June 19 2006 White sucker following behaviour, smallmouth bass, rock bass, carp, redhorse
June 28 2006  Smallmouth bass foraging (resident fish)
August 2 2006   Smallmouth bass, lots of action downstream from Doon in  Kitchener, Ontario
September 6 2006 Part 1: wavy-rayed lampmussel luring smallmouth bass for glochidia inoculation
September 7 2006 Part 2: wavy-rayed lampmussel luring smallmouth bass for glochidia inoculation
 September 7 2006  Part 3: wavy-rayed lampmussel luring smallmouth bass for glochidia inoculation
September 7 2006 a  smallmouth bass, shiners, carp, suckers, sunfish, lots of activity
September 7 2006 b Smallmouth bass, sunfish schooling behaviour
September 8 2006  Smallmouth bass, sunfish, suckers, lots of activity and interaction
September 9 2006  Carp, smallmouth bass, sunfish, shiners, lots of  activity and interaction
September 10 2006  Shiners schooling
September 11 2006  Shiners schooling/migrating
September 12 2006  Smallmouth bass, sunfish, redhorse, interactions, foraging
September 14 2006 White sucker, pumpkinseed sunfish, smallmouth bass foraging and interactions
September 15 2006  Carp, suckers, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, schooling behaviour


2007 - ALL COLOUR

April 21 2007 Nice northern pike, greater redhorse and black redhorse and white suckers
April 22 & 23 2007 Greater redhorse migration
April 24 & 25 2007 White and northern hog suckers and black crappie
May 7 & 8 2007 Several smallmouth bass and greater redhorse sucker
May 8 & 9 2007  Smallmouth bass at night, facing downstream, resting and sleeping behaviour
May 11 & 12 2007  Smallmouth bass, carp and brown bullhead, foraging
May 26 2007 Smallmouth bass and greater redhorse, daytime activity
May 27 2007  Bullhead at night, rock bass, smallmouth bass and greater redhorse during the day
May 28 2007  Greater redhorse, smallmouth bass and a rock bass feeding
May 29 2007 Crayfish and rock bass at night
May 31 2007  Smallmouth, redhorse, and brown bullhead, activity including foraging/searching
June 11 2007  Night footage of smallmouth bass foraging and rock bass interactions
June 12 2007 Smallmouth bass, rock bass and greater redhorse action video
June 14 2007  Daytime and night footage of rock bass and smallmouth bass foraging with a brief clip of a carp
June 18 2007 Smallmouth bass foraging in the Grand River
June 21 2007 Rock bass, foraging behaviour in the Grand River downstream from the Doon Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kitchener, Ontario
June 24 2007 Rock bass and smallmouth bass, good daytime and night-time interaction footage
July 1 2007a   Rock bass interaction at night, plus catfish chased by rock bass
July 1 2007b Rock bass interaction in the daylight, very interesting, possibly courtship/mating
July 1 2007c  Crayfish defending against rock bass, great action
July 2 2007 Interaction between smallmouth bass and rock bass, including territorial behaviour
July 3 2007  Sucker and catfish feeding at night, rock bass and night, smallmouth in daylight
July 7 2007  Good shots of redhorse, smallmouth bass and rock bass during night and daylight; great quality
July 8 2007 More redhorse, smallmouth bass and rock bass, nice colour and footage
July 9 2007 More redhorse, smallmouth bass and rock bass action, good interaction between smallmouth bass
July 10 2007  Great smallmouth bass and greater redhorse clips, carp and smallmouth at night
July 11 2007  Suckers, smallmouth and rock bass interesting night interactions
July 17 2007  Suckers, smallmouth bass and rock bass, nighttime and daytime action
July 18 2007  Suckers, smallmouth and rock bass interactions and foraging behaviour day and night
July 19 2007 Suckers, rock bass and smallmouth bass day and night
July 20 2007   Carp and crayfish at night, rock bass and smallmouth bass  interacting day and night
July 21 2007  Inter and intra specific interaction between rock bass, smallmouth bass, and white suckers
July 23 2007 Suckers feeding at night, smallmouth bass and rock bass activity at night
July 30 2007  Smallmouth interacting during the day, a very large smallmouth bass at night
July 31 2007  Carp, rock bass and smallmouth at night, large smallmouth and other species diurnally
Aug 4 2007 Rock bass, smallmouth bass and white suckers at night with crayfish
Aug 5 2007   White suckers and rock bass at night, smallmouth bass and crayfish during the day
Aug 7 2007 Large smallmouth facing downstream resting at night, several smaller ones during the day
Aug 8 2007 Several rock bass during the night until larger smallmouth dominates
Aug 10 2007 Wavy-rayed lamp mussel and smallmouth bass, mussel movement out of field of view   downstream from Doon Sewage Treatment Plant
Aug 10 2007  Several smallmouth and rock bass interacting during the day
Aug 26 2007 Bullhead catfish briefly at night, foraging behaviour/behavior
Aug 27 2007 Smallmouth bass and crayfish competing for the space
Aug 28 2007  Crayfish defending against smallmouth bass, quick appearance by a stonecat at night
Aug 29 2007   Several smallmouth bass, rock bass and crayfish daytime foraging activity
Aug 30 2007  Venomous stonecat at night briefly, foraging/searching
Aug 31 2007  Crayfish guarding/defending territory from a smallmouth bass at night, stonecat
Sept 5 2007  Stonecat and crayfish foraging/searching at night
Sept 7 2007  Great night footage of a stonecat foraging/searching
Sept 9 2007   Smallmouth bass facing downstream resting at night disrupted by a foraging stonecat
Sept 11 2007 Smallmouth bass, stonecat and crayfish at night, all foraging/searching
Sept 15 2007 Night and daytime smallmouth bass activity, bass holding position to rest or guard territory
Sept 16 2007 Smallmouth bass searching/foraging and staking out territory
Sept 17 2007 Part I - typical nighttime activity of a smallmouth bass, crayfish momentarily, sped up 5x
Sept 17 2007 Part II - smallmouth bass sleeping downstream and appears to be resting, crayfish briefly, sped up 5x
Sept 18 2007  Smallmouth bass and stonecat at night foraging/searching for food
Sept 19 2007  Greenside darter, and a smallmouth bass foraging/searching
Sept 20 2007   Stonecat foraging and smallmouth bass facing downstream resting
Sept 21 2007   Darter swims by briefly at night, slowed down to 1/4 realtime
Sept 22 2007 Greenside darter exploratory behaviour, played at 1/4 of original speed
Sept 24 2007 Smallmouth bass and a bullhead facing downstream and resting at night
Sept 24 2007 Great footage of a greenside darter foraging/searching behaviour
Sept 27 2007  Juvenile smallmouth bass holding position, darter foraging and wavy-rayed lampmussel
Sept 29 2007  Greenside darter and smallmouth bass searching/foraging behaviour, mussel in view
Sept 30 2007 Smallmouth bass at night, facing downstream resting, crayfish briefly chases bass
Oct 01 2007 Greenside darter searching behaviour and smallmouth bass holding position, sped up
Nov 08 2007 Juvenile redhorse suckers at night, schooling behaviour
Nov 18 2007  Rock bass facing downstream, resting and bullhead briefly swims by at night
Nov 20 2007 White sucker at night and day, swim by camera briefly
Nov 27 2007  Shiners and catfish swimming actively at night


2008

July 1 2008 A rock bass actively swimming in front of the camera early in the morning
July 1 2008 A rock bass inspecting the camera and moving debris directly below the camera in the morning
July 2 2008 A pair of rock bass pass in front of the camera several times and one is eagerly moving debris from the bottom
July 3 2008 A rock bass swimming in and out of view of the camera several times during the early morning
July 4 2008 A smallmouth bass passing by the camera and swimming slowly towards the camera very early in the morning
July 4 2008 A pair of rock bass and a smallmouth bass interact and inspect the camera closely in the afternoon
July 5 2008 Close-up video of rock bass casually swimming up to and around the camera in the early morning
July 5 2008 A rock bass swimming backwards into view of the camera before opening its mouth wide in the morning
July 5 2008 A rock bass eagerly clearing debris in front of the camera and territorially chasing a smallmouth bass away late in the evening
July 6 2008 A pair of rock bass circling each other several times and swimming side by side in the morning
July 6 2008 A pair of rock bass interacting aggressively with a pair of smallmouth bass in the afternoon
July 6 2008 A rock bass displaying territorial dominance towards a smallmouth bass several times during the evening
July 7 2008 A smallmouth bass holding position in front of the camera and circling several times early in the morning
July 8 2008 A carp feeding in front of the camera before a group of smallmouth bass interact with each other in the morning
July 8 2008 A rock bass swimming closely by and around the camera several times and opening its mouth wide in the evening
July 9 2008  Close video of a rock bass swimming by the camera several times in the morning
July 9 2008  A rock bass defending territory against another rock bass and displaying nest building behaviour in the morning
July 9 2008 A rock bass displaying territoriality and aggression towards the camera several times before darting off when a pair of suckers swim into view in the afternoon
July 9 2008 A rock bass building a nest and chasing away intruding fish several times during the afternoon
July 9 2008 A pair of rock bass displaying nest building activities and aggression towards intruding fish late in the evening
July 9 2008 A pair of rock bass calmly swimming past and around the camera and circling each other several times late in the evening
July 10 2008 A nice close-up of a rock bass holding position in front of the camera very early in the morning
July 10 2008 A trio of rock bass interacting and displaying some territoriality with each other early in the morning
July 10 2008 Rock bass passing by the camera several times and chasing each other early in the morning
July 10 2008 A pair of rock bass circling each other and swimming side by side very close to the camera. A smallmouth bass appears briefly before being chased away by a dominant rock bass in the morning
July 10 2008 A rock bass swimming closely in front of the camera and eagerly clearing debris with its mouth and tail early in the afternoon
July 10 2008 A rock bass defending territory and persistently clearing large amounts of debris away from in front of the camera in the afternoon
July 10 2008 A rock bass patrolling and defending territory aggressively, clearing a nesting site and inspecting the camera early in the evening
July 10 2008 A rock bass persistently defending its nesting site against an encroaching smallmouth bass in the evening
July 15 2008 A catfish passes by the camera twice before swimming away early in the morning
July 15 2008 A rock bass darts away as a catfish quickly swims into view. The rock bass returns and displays territorial behaviour towards a smallmouth bass and another rock bass. A carp feeds directly in front of the camera briefly during the morning
July 15 2008 A rock bass holding position in front of the camera and defending its territory against a smallmouth bass
July 15 2008 A rock bass clearing a possible nesting site and attempting to cough up debris caught in its mouth during the evening
July 15 2008 A rock bass with debris caught in its mouth continues to clear the bottom of further debris, and defends territory against smallmouth bass and other rock bass during the evening
July 15 2008 A rock bass persistently clearing away bottom substrate with its mouth and displaying aggressive actions towards the camera in the evening
July 15 2008 A rock bass aggressively biting and tail slapping at the camera before continuing to clear a potential nesting site in the evening
July 16 2008 A rock bass vigorously clearing the bottom with its mouth, and a carp briefly enters into view of the camera early in the morning
July 16 2008 A rock bass patrolling the territory around and in front of the camera before aggressively chasing away an intruding rock bass in the afternoon
July 16 2008 A rock bass swimming very closely to the lens of the camera and diligently clearing away bottom substrate with its mouth in the afternoon
July 16 2008 A rock bass cleaning a potential nest site while a pair of smaller rock bass swim around it before being chased away in the evening
July 16 2008 A rock bass swimming in front of the camera and periodically moving substrate with its mouth; a carp also feeds in front of the camera several times during the night
July 17 2008 A rock bass displaying territoriality and aggression towards the camera several times early in the morning
July 17 2008 A rock bass clearing away bottom substrate with its mouth several times and circling above the site to protect it from an intruding smallmouth bass
July 17 2008 A rock bass cleaning a potential nesting site with its mouth and tail, and displaying aggressions towards the lens of the camera in the afternoon
July 17 2008 A rock bass mouthing and tail slapping the camera before displaying courting behaviour with another rock bass in the evening
July 17 2008 Close-up footage of a pair of rock bass displaying courting behaviour and circling together very close to the camera in the evening
July 17 2008 A rock bass attempting to bite the camera and covering the lens with its mouth late in the evening
July 17 2008 A rock bass circling over a potential nesting site before courting another rock bass
July 17 2008 A rock bass clearing large amounts of debris from a potential nesting site late at night
July 17 2008 A pair of rock bass courting really close to the camera before they separate and the one continues to clear substrate from the nesting site at night
July 18 2008 A rock bass thoroughly clearing a potential nest site and mouthing at the camera early in the morning
July 18 2008 A rock bass passing in front of the camera several times and defending its territory from smallmouth bass and other rock bass in the morning
July 18 2008 A rock bass continuously pacing its territory and chasing away smallmouth bass and other rock bass several times in the morning
July 18 2008 A pair of smallmouth bass swimming close to the camera several times before a rock bass chases them away in the evening
July 19 2008 Several rock bass rally for territory in front of the camera before a carp shows up to feed briefly in the morning
July 19 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass interacting with each other in front of the camera and a sucker feeds briefly in the evening
July 31 2008 A catfish swimming close to the camera foraging for food early in the morning
August 6 2008 Rock bass, carp and smallmouth bass forage and interact during the day
August 8 2008 Smallmouth bass forage for food and chase each other during the day
August 9 2008 Rock bass pass by, foraging and interacting during the early morning
August 9 2008 A carp forages briefly, while rock bass and smallmouth bass pass by briefly during the day
August 10 2008 A catfish swims by with a crayfish in its mouth in the early morning
August 13 2008 A rock bass and stonecat swim by briefly at night
August 15 2008 A carp forages for food, its lips up close to the camera at night
August 16 2008 A carp forages for food its lips and eyes close to the camera at night
August 17 2008 A carp forages for food as rock bass and smallmouth bass interact in the early morning
August 17 2008 A smallmouth bass and stonecat circle the camera at night
August 18 2008 A carp forages as a smallmouth bass appears briefly and a rock bass swims by with its mouth open in the early morning
August 18 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass attempt to eat a dead minnow in the morning
August 19 2008 Smallmouth bass swim by as a carp forages for food and churns up silt in the morning
August 19 2008 Smallmouth bass, rock bass and a stonecat swim by at night
August 20 2008 A carp forages in the early morning
August 20 2008 A carp, stonecat and smallmouth bass swim by in the morning
August 20 2008 Smallmouth bass swim by during the evening
August 21 2008 Smallmouth bass and a carp swim by and forage in the morning
August 21 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass swim by during the afternoon
August 22 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass chase each other in the morning
August 22 2008 Rock bass swim by briefly late at night
August 23 2008 Smallmouth bass swim by and forage in the early morning
August 23 2008 Smallmouth bass and carp swim by quickly in the morning
August 23 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass swim by and approach the camera in the evening
August 24 2008 Smallmouth bass, rock bass and carp forage and interact in the morning
August 24 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass forage and chase each other in the late afternoon
August 25 2008 Carp and rock bass swim by briefly at night
August 25 2008 Rock bass, smallmouth bass and carp pass by and forage in the morning
August 25 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass chase each other and forage in the afternoon
August 25 2008 Smallmouth bass forage and swim by during the late night
August 26 2008 A stonecat circles by and churns up silt in the early morning
August 26 2008 Smallmouth bass forage and interact with each other in the afternoon
August 27 2008 A carp and smallmouth bass forage in the early morning
August 27 2008 A carp and smallmouth bass forage, churning up silt in the morning
August 27 2008 A smallmouth bass swims close to the camera late at night
August 28 2008 A smallmouth bass and rock bass circle and chase each other in the early morning
August 28 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass interact as a carp forages in the morning
August 28 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass circle and swim side by side during the late afternoon
August 28 2008 A smallmouth bass attempts to pick up a stick at night
August 28 2008 A carp forages for food during the night
August 29 2008 A smallmouth bass excretes in the early morning
August 29 2008 A carp forages close to the camera in the early morning
August 29 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass forage in the early morning
August 29 2008 A rock bass excretes as smallmouth bass and a juvenile pike swim by in the mid-afternoon
August 29 2008 Smallmouth bass swim around the camera late at night
August 30 2008 Rock bass and a smallmouth bass swim around the camera in the early morning
August 31 2008 A rock bass swims close by in the early morning
August 31 2008 Smallmouth bass swim by as carp forage and rock bass chase each other in the afternoon
August 31 2008 A rock bass attempts to eat a pebble as other rock bass and smallmouth bass chase each other in the evening
August 31 2008 Several smallmouth bass swim by late at night
September 1 2008 A smallmouth bass swims by the camera several times chasing rock bass and other smallmouth bass, before a carp feeds in front of the camera in the morning
September 1 2008 Several smallmouth and rock bass  chase each other in day
September 1 2008 A smallmouth bass chases off rock bass at night
September 1 2008 A smallmouth bass approaches a crayfish before swimming off at night
September 1 2008 A smallmouth bass circles the camera, ignoring a feeding carp at night
September 2 2008 A smallmouth bass swims by the camera, ignoring a feeding carp at night
September 2 2008 A smallmouth bass chases rivals before a carp feeds and a rock bass approaches the camera later in day
September 2 2008 Numerous rock bass and smallmouth bass feed, circle and interact in the day
September 2 2008 A smallmouth bass shows aggression towards rock bass in the evening
September 2 2008 Smallmouth bass swims by camera several times at night
September 2 2008 A carp feeds and churns silt close to camera at night
September 2 2008 A carp swims in front of camera while feeding at night
September 3 2008 A smallmouth bass swims by and towards camera at night; rock bass and carp approach later in early morning
September 3 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass swim by the camera; a crayfish also crawls over the lens in the morning
September 4 2008 A rock bass swims by the camera, chasing off several approaching smallmouth bass in the evening
September 5 2008 A rock bass chases off several smallmouth bass in the day and afternoon
September 5 2008 Brown bullhead approaches camera before swimming off, followed by rock bass and smallmouth bass at night
September 6 2008 Smallmouth bass approaches and swims around the camera at night
September 6 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass swim around camera and chase each other during the day
September 7 2008  A smallmouth bass swims by a crayfish near the camera, followed by a carp and rock bass in the morning
September 7 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass circle camera, feeding and chasing each other during day
September 8 2008 A stonecat swims by camera feeding at night
September 8 2008 White sucker, rock bass and smallmouth bass feed and interact during day
September 8 2008 Smallmouth bass feeds, swims by and approaches camera at night
September 8 2008 A crayfish successfully fends off smallmouth bass attack at night
September 9 2008 A smallmouth bass swims by the camera; a crayfish crawls over the lens of the camera, and a brown bullhead feed in front of camera at night
September 10 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass circle and approach camera during evening
September 11 2008 Stonecat, rock bass and smallmouth bass circle camera at night
September 11 2008 A smallmouth bass chases rivals throughout the day, and a rock bass swim by the camera at night
September 12 2008 A rock bass circles and feeds at night, and  is approached by a smallmouth bass early in the morning
September 12 2008 A smallmouth bass chases off a rock bass and other smallmouth bass in the afternoon and evening
September 12 2008 A smallmouth bass scratches its side on river bottom during day
September 13 2008 A rock bass and smallmouth bass feed and interact during the day and evening
September 14 2008 A stonecat feeds and churns silt at night
September 16 2008 A stonecat passes by the camera briefly at night
September 17 2008 A stonecat passes back and forth in front of the camera feeding at night
September 18 2008 A brown bullhead passes back and forth in front of camera feeding at night
September 18 2008 A smallmouth bass and stonecat pass back and forth in front of the camera in the evening
September 19 2008 A smallmouth bass passes the camera in the evening before a stonecat feeds later at night
September 21 2008 A stonecat passes by the camera feeding at night
September 22 2008 A smallmouth bass passes by briefly, and  brown bullhead circles the camera during the early morning
September 22 2008 A rock bass passes by briefly and  is chased off by a smallmouth bass
September 23 2008 A very active video of smallmouth bass activity in front of and around the camera during the day
September 24 2008 A smallmouth bass swims by briefly, rock bass chases off rivals in day
September 24 2008 A rock bass briefly circles by camera at night
September 25 2008 A smallmouth bass and rock bass inspect the camera closely at night
September 25 2008 A smallmouth bass and rock bass chase rivals and a white sucker swims in front of the camera in day
September 25 2008 Rock bass inspect the camera at night
September 26 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass approach camera at night
October 1 2008 A rock bass circles and holds position in front of the camera before chasing rivals in the early morning
October 1 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass circle and pass by camera during day
October 1 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass approach the camera and feed during day
October 1 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass pass by the camera several times during the day in fast current
October 1 2008 A carp and smallmouth bass pass by the camera briefly in evening
October 2 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass feed and pass by camera during the day
October 2 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass circle the camera and interact with each other during the day
October 3 2008 A rock bass circles and passes by the camera and interacting with smallmouth bass throughout day
October 3 2008 A pair of white sucker feed and interact in day
October 3 2008 Rock bass and and smallmouth bass briefly pass camera at night
October 4 2008 Rock bass, smallmouth bass and white suckers circle camera, chase rivals during day
October 5 2008 Smallmouth bass shakes off twig caught in gill plate, chases off rock bass during day
October 5 2008 Smallmouth bass chases rivals, rock bass and carp during day
October 6 2008 Smallmouth passes by camera, carp feeds briefly during day, rock bass becomes active at night
October 6 2008 Smallmouth bass chases rock bass, rivals and white sucker during day, rock bass becomes active at night
October 7 2008 Rock bass passes by camera several times at night, circles crayfish, chases smallmouth bass and rivals during day
October 7 2008 Smallmouth bass guards and circles area around camera during day
October 7 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass pass by camera at night
October 8 2008 Rock bass and smallmouth bass chase rivals during day
October 8 2008 Smallmouth bass and rock bass pass by briefly at night
October 9 2008 Rock bass circles, guards area around camera at night
October 9 2008 Rock bass, smallmouth bass and white sucker search for food during day
October 9 2008 Smallmouth bass rock bass and carp chase rivals and feed at night
October 10 2008 Smallmouth bass swims under white sucker in day
October 10 2008 White sucker swims by while smallmouth bass searches for food in day

 

2009

April 17 2009 A sucker swimming up to and then past the camera slowly in the evening
April 17 2009 A white sucker with its face close to the camera before swimming past the camera stirring up debris in the evening
April 18 2009 A stonecat passes in front and out of view of the camera, and then a crayfish crawls into view late at night
April 24 2009 A group of common shiners interact in front of the camera and casually swim by the camera in the morning
April 26 2009 Close-up of a stonecat slowly swimming over the camera and out of view early in the morning
April 26 2009 Migration of a large group of several species of darters past the camera in the afternoon
April 26 2009 Migration of a large group of several species of darters past the camera in the afternoon
April 26 2009 A stonecat foraging in front of the camera twice late at night
May 22 2009 A rock bass passing closely by the camera several times before a sucker briefly comes into view of the camera in the morning
May 23 2009 A rock bass, smallmouth bass and a large sucker interact in front of the camera\ the sucker attempts to feed on the camera in the morning
May 24 2009 A large sucker slowly passes by the camera several times, and once with a smallmouth bass swimming directly underneath it during the morning
May 26 2009 A smallmouth bass looking straight into the lens of the camera and holding position before opening its mouth wide and flaring its gills towards an intruding rock bass in the evening
June 5 2009 A smallmouth passing back and forth in front of the camera in the evening
June 5 2009 Great close-up video of a rock bass holding position very close to the camera displaying body coloration and scale pattern in the evening
June 5 2009 A pair of rock bass leisurely swimming in front and around the camera late at night
June 6 2009 A bullhead catfish foraging and swimming lazily in front and past the camera early in the morning
June 6 2009 Nice close-up video of a bullhead catfish slowly swimming past the camera early in the morning
June 6 2009 Rock bass and smallmouth bass actively swimming back and forth in front of the camera in the morning
June 6 2009 A rock bass persistently looking straight into the lens of the camera late in the morning
June 6 2009 A rock bass looking straight into the lens of the camera and biting at the lens in the afternoon
June 6 2009 A smallmouth bass passing closely by the camera several times and opening its mouth wide before a sucker appears briefly in the afternoon
June 7 2009 A smallmouth bass opening its mouth wide as it swims by the camera and rock bass swim directly up to the camera several times in the afternoon
June 7 2009 Smallmouth and rock bass interacting in front of the camera and a pumpkinseed slowly swims past the camera late in the afternoon
June 8 2009 A pair of bullhead catfish are actively foraging in front of the camera and swim directly up to the camera lens several times early in the morning
June 8 2009 A close-up of a rock bass looking into the camera and slowly swimming past the camera in the morning
June 8 2009 A great close-up of a rock bass aggressively biting and flaring its gills at the camera in the afternoon
June 8 2009 A great close-up of a rock bass continuously flaring its gills and violently biting at the camera in the afternoon
June 8 2009 Close-up of a rock bass displaying territoriality towards the camera in the afternoon
June 10 2009 A pair of rock bass interacting in front of the camera before a bullhead catfish comes into view and forages on the bottom in front of the camera late in the evening
June 11 2009 A bullhead catfish casually swimming past and around the camera while foraging on the bottom early in the morning
June 11 2009 Close-up video of the head of a bullhead catfish as it casually swims past the camera twice in the afternoon
June 12 2009 Rock bass and smallmouth bass interact in front of the camera before a carp enters into view and forages in front of and on the camera during the afternoon
June 23 2009 Smallmouth bass casually swimming past and towards the camera during the daytime
June 23 2009 Rock bass swimming directly up to and facing the lens of the camera during the afternoon
June 23 2009 Rock bass slowly swimming closely up to and past the camera several times late in the evening
June 24 2009 A rock bass swimming closely around and inspecting the camera in the morning
June 24 2009  A rock bass opening its mouth wide in front of the lens and holding position very close to the camera in the afternoon
June 24 2009 A group of smallmouth bass swimming actively around and in front of the camera while interacting with each other during the afternoon
June 24 2009 Rock bass and a smallmouth bass passing by the camera slowly, and a rock bass feeding in front of the camera late at night
June 25 2009 Several smallmouth bass interacting and passing back and forth in front of the camera during the morning
June 25 2009 Several smallmouth bass and a rock bass actively swimming past the camera and interacting with each other in the afternoon
June 25 2009 A rock bass foraging on drifting material several times late at night
June 26 2009 A rock bass slowly swimming around and in front of the camera while feeding on drifting material early in the morning
June 26 2009 Smallmouth bass and rock bass unhurriedly swimming back and forth in front of the camera while interacting with each other during the afternoon
June 26 2009 Smallmouth bass and rock bass interacting and a smallmouth bass opens its mouth to the camera and flares its gills late at night
June 27 2009 A carp holding position in front of the camera and displaying foraging behaviour directly in front of the lens early in the morning
June 27 2009 Smallmouth bass and a sucker actively swimming in and out of view of the camera and foraging in the morning
June 27 2009 Smallmouth bass benthic feeding and leisurely swimming in front of the camera during the afternoon
June 27 2009 Active footage of smallmouth bass interacting with each other in and around the camera during the afternoon
July 4 2009 A rock bass investigating the lens of the camera with its mouth and clearing away bottom substrate with its mouth late at night
July 5 2009 A rock bass persistently clearing away debris in front of the camera for a potential nesting site at night
August 19 2009 A very close shot of a smallmouth bass swimming in front and past the camera in the afternoon
August 20 2009 An active video of several juvenile smallmouth bass swimming past the camera several times in the morning
August 20 2009 A rock bass swims directly up to the lens of the camera and casually passes by close to the camera several times in the morning
August 20 2009 Several smallmouth bass actively swimming back and forth in front of the camera while a couple pass casually very close to the camera lens during the afternoon
August 21 2009 A rock bass leisurely swimming up to the lens of the camera and passing by the camera very slowly several times in the afternoon
August 25 2009 A number of juvenile smallmouth bass interacting with each other and passing by the camera constantly early in the afternoon
August 25 2009 A smallmouth bass foraging on the bottom and picking up a mouthful of detritus before swimming back and forth in view of the camera during the afternoon
August 25 2009 Several juvenile smallmouth bass continuously swim eagerly past and up to the lens of the camera during the day
August 25 2009 A rock bass and a juvenile smallmouth bass interact with each other, and swim past and in front of the camera late at night
August 25 2009 Smallmouth bass and rock bass swimming past the camera  before a rock bass swims up to the lens of the camera late at night
August 25 2009 A carp briefly shows up on video before several juvenile smallmouth bass actively and continuously pass by in view of the camera during the morning
September 11 2009 Close-up video of smallmouth bass passing by the camera several times and being chased offscreen
September 12 2009 Active video of several juvenile smallmouth bass passing by the camera early in the morning and interacting with each other
September 13 2009 An adult smallmouth bass swims slowly past the camera before several juvenile smallmouth bass continuously pass back and forth in front of the camera during the afternoon
September 14 2009 Very active video of smallmouth bass passing closely past the camera and a close-up of adult smallmouth bass briefly swimming past the camera
September 14 2009 Continuous video of several smallmouth bass casually passing in front of the camera in the afternoon
September 15 2009 A group of smallmouth bass interacting and actively swimming past the camera several times early in the evening
September 15 2009 Great video of a greater redhorse sucker swimming into view of the camera, and active smallmouth bass video during the afternoon
September 17 2009 An adult smallmouth bass closely inspecting the camera early in the evening
September 18 2009 Several juvenile smallmouth bass interacting with each other in front of the camera and displaying some territoriality in the afternoon
September 19 2009 a reduced speed video of a stonecat passing in front of the camera early in the morning and then swimming away
September 19 2009 Several smallmouth bass pass by the camera several times, before a close-up of a greater redhorse sucker foraging and very slowly swimming past the camera in the afternoon
September 25 2009 Several common carp and smallmouth bass pass by slowly during the day
September 25 2009 Several smallmouth bass approach, inspecting the camera and chasing each other in the afternoon
September 25 2009 A school of shiners passes by the camera, followed by several smallmouth bass slowly circling the camera in the afternoon
September 27 2009 Several smallmouth bass approach and circle the camera and each other in the afternoon
October 3 2009 Several smallmouth bass slowly pass by in the evening
October 4 2009 Several black redhorse and smallmouth bass pass by slowly in the early morning
October 4 2009 A smallmouth bass swims by and inspects the camera during the afternoon
October 5 2009 Several black redhorse as well as a sunfish and smallmouth bass swim by quickly in the early morning
October 5 2009 A greater redhorse slowly passes by while a swift current churns up debris at night
October 14 2009 A school of dace and shiners passes by quickly in the afternoon
October 16 2009 A school of dace and shiners quickly swims by in the late afternoon
October 17 2009 A black redhorse passes by several times at night, followed by a greater redhorse in the day
October 23 2009

Upstream migration of several large schools of shiners in the afternoon

November 5 2009

Continuous video of large schools of common shiners and dace traveling upstream very close to the camera

November 6 2009

Video captured at night of greater redhorse and black redhorse slowly passing by the camera several times

November 7 2009

Close-up video of large numbers of common shiners and dace moving upstream throughout the day

 

 

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