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Hickory NC Trout Unlimited February 2019 Newsletter Hickory NC Trout Unlimited February 2019 Newsletter Visit us on Facebook at Hickory NC Trout Unlimited Chapter 032 A LINE FROM THE PRESIDENT Interesting fact # 2 Baby Hellbenders or hatchlings at about 18 months old are HELLBENDERS: THE LAST DRAGONS about 5 to 6 in long and have external gills while they're gill slits located at the base of their throat develop. This is a This hellbender series has taught me a lot about something period of time that a young hellbender may be mistaken for a that as an angler I should have known more about. Mudpuppy. Mudpuppies have external gills their entire life. It Hellbenders are quite amazing, a is a good way to determine which species you are looking little ugly but still amazing. While at. If the salamander has external gills on their neck and is writing this series my friend Reba over 6 in long it is a Mudpuppy and not a Hellbender. Once Brinkman who is on the State TU the gill slits replace the external gills the young Hellbender is Counsel shared her experience able to absorb oxygen through its skin. Hellbenders are about catching a Hellbender. mature at six to eight years of age and are then about 1 foot November 30th while fishing a long. streamer she hooked a Hellbender on the Davidson River in Brevard. Interesting Fact #3 And another friend Josh Bartlebaugh caught a Hellbender on Hellbenders in our neck of the woods are known as The Last May 26th also on the Davidson River. Both took photos and Dragons because they date back to the days of released their catch unharmed. Dinosaurs. The folds of ruffled skin along their backs set I thought it might be good to know how to handle a them apart from other salamanders. hellbender if you happen to catch one on a hook. Remember Because of the resemblance of the Hellbenders ruffle to they can bite but usually don't. However, hooks are painful in the road, US Highway 129 in Deal's Gap in the Nantahala any situation. So if you catch a hellbender on a hook and line National Forest in Western North Carolina is called the Tail carefully remove the hook if you can do so without harming Of The Dragon. This road is known to many motorcycle the animal or cut the line as close as possible and return it to riders and sports car enthusiast and holds 318 curves in 11 the water. The hook will rust away in just miles. I drove the road myself in my little convertible this past a few weeks. Also, anyone who hooks fall and loved it. or just sees a Hellbender a is asked to Interesting Fact #4 leave it alone but to note the location or Don't move the rocks! Moving the rocks to build water paths GPS coordinates and take a photo if or slides or stacking rocks to build towers destroys the possible. Email that information to habitat of not only Hellbenders but many other species. A [email protected] or call the Hellbender's larvae are about as long as your index finger and Wildlife Interaction Helpline at 866 -318 can be crushed or stepped on fairly easily when people move -2401. Be prepared to provide the rocks. So when you see this happening gently tell people details. Another number, NCWRC Staff personnel can be about the Hellbenders. Most likely they won't even know they reached at 919-707-0050. are there or any other species of animals that could be The rest of my article is going to be divided into just small harmed during the process. segments of facts that I found interesting. Interesting Fact #5 Interesting Fact #1 Good news! In the fall of 2018, the Wildlife Diversity The female Hellbender's eggs are laid in strands of 200 to 500 Program conducted a snorkel survey here in NC designed to eggs held together by a sticky substance that hardens when it monitor and inventory the Hellbender. The survey conducted meets the water. This keeps the eggs all together like a String over a two-week period during breeding season yielded of Pearls. My gosh, what a process to go through. Talk about record-setting results. Over a nine-day span, while snorkeling exhausting. She will not lay eggs again for another two to in 10 different streams they documented at least a hundred three years. It must take that long for her to rest up, and eighteen active adult Hellbenders engaged in breeding Jeez. The mortality rate is high. A nest of 400 eggs only activities, fighting, congregating around nesting habitats or produces fewer than 90 young Hellbenders. adult male den masters defending their nests. Snorkeling You are receiving this newsletter either as a member or prospective member of the Hickory NC Chapter 032 of Trout Unlimited. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, please respond by email to [email protected] and let us know. surveys help to document location and eventually will help to brown trout fishing section on this water from Muddy Creek monitor for success and the causes of failure in nesting. to the water intake in Morganton. This water was recently Interesting Fact # 6 reclassified as Special Regulation trout waters. Each year It is illegal to kill a Hellbender. It is illegal to harm to collect 10,000 brown trout are released into the waters. There is to harass to transport to take or to sell a Hellbender. It is a very limited shore access to this section of river so drift class 1 misdemeanor which can result in a fine and up to a fishing is the primary method of fishing here. There are hundred and twenty days in jail. reports of excellent fishing with a typical day of 30 brown I hope you have liked this hellbender series and as much trout for a two person drift. A 28” brown trout has as I have enjoyed writing it. I do want to mention to you that reportedly been caught there. especially for small children, it will be exciting to see the John Zimmerman is a co-owner of Upper Creek Angler, a Hellbenders on display at the Appalachian Fly Fishing Museum fly-fishing guide and custom tackle service based in Freshwater Aquarium that is opening this Spring in Bryson Morganton, North Carolina which provides guide service to City, North Carolina. The Hellbender Tank is being reinforced so that children can actually get underneath the several rivers including drift fishing on the Catawba below tank to view this elusive creature. Lake James. John Zimmerman is a native of western North The opening of the Aquarium is part of the Hall of Fame Carolina, having grown up in Morganton. A life member of weekend March 29th and 30th. I will definitely be there. It is Trout Unlimited, he grew up fishing Upper Creek and Wilson such a fun weekend and meeting all of the Legends of Fly Creek and many of the waters in Mitchell County under the Fishing, talking and laughing and sharing fish stories is guidance of his dad and fishing legend Bo Cash. Upon awesome. It comes down to the friends we make and the experiences we have that make fishing so special. We have graduating from college and finishing graduate school, John two amazing men being inducted this year from our area. returned home and started teaching English in Morganton Squeak Smith from Morganton and Alen Baker from (2005) and opened Upper Creek Angler (2010), a guide and Charlotte. Both seriously well deserving this honor! Please custom tackle service. In 2012, John co-founded Casting for plan to join us for the entire weekend and fish some too while Hope with Taylor Sharp, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works with your there. women and families in western North Carolina battling Last but not least, I want to share a video recently made ovarian and other gynecological cancers through financial to inform people about Hellbenders. This video is made here in Western NC and shows part of the snorkeling survey. I assistance and fly fishing retreat programming. In 2015 hope you like it. https://vimeo.com/108512185 Zimmerman and Sharp and the Casting for Hope team opened the Casting for Hope Retreat Center in Bakersville, The tug is the drug, North Carolina where they manage two miles of private Jacqueline Greene trophy water for the women and families they serve through [email protected] Casting for Hope for retreat. As a teacher, John knows the NEXT MEETING value of humor to a trapped audience, so make sure you’re ready to laugh at least a little in an otherwise informative When: Tuesday, February 19 presentation! Where: Market on Main Cellar Across From 325 1st Avenue SW, Hickory Time: 5:30 Buffet Dinner ($10.00) MARCH MEETING 6:30 Program 7:30 Mini Board Meeting (all welcome) Members of the trout fishing Program: Drift Fishing the Catawba and outdoors communities in Speaker: John Zimmerman North Carolina have become Open to the public alarmed at the loss of public Note: You must park across the street or you may access to large areas of NC be towed. Only handicap is available at the building. rivers and streams. Many John’s presentation will focus on fishing tactics from a drift factors seem to contribute to this problem. boat, general float fishing tips, and the Catawba River fishery On March 19, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., the Hickory Chapter of in Morganton, NC.
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