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A couple fish pictures...

A

AllenOK

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With all the rain lately, all the area lakes and rivers are above-normal. I went down to the "Pedestrain Bridge", an old converted Railroad trestle bridge, over the Arkansas River here in Tulsa. When I got there, I noticed some Needle-Nosed Gar were breaching in the fast water. Luckily, I keep my D40 in Burst mode, so I zoomed in, focused on where the fish were breaching, and waited. When I'd see one (or more) breach, I fire off a few to capture them. I captured over 90 images, but these are the only two that turned out.

This first image has two fish in it.

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This one looks like the fish is looking around, wondering what's going on?

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Looking at that second pic, you can tell these are predators, since they have binocular vison. Now, I don't have anything in here for scale, but these fish were all measuring about 4' long.

While I was there, I was talking to a family, and earlier that day, some guy was right at the water's edge, and wearing a special, cut-resistant glove, grabbed one of these things by the bill/snout/mouth and lifted it straight out of the water. One of the kids had captured video of it on his cell phone.

I also took some pictures of the rushing water, but just realized I didn't rip them off the SD card before I formatted it. I guess I'll have to go back today and get some more, weather permitting.

Disclaimer: My images may not show due to bandwidth limitations. If they are not visible, check back at a later time.

HH from Allen in OK
 
Wow! Those are some mean looking fish!

I think if they were in our local lakes here in Wisconsin, midnight skinny-dipping might not be as popular as it is!!
 
Oh yes Allen! And don't forget the killer Smallmouth!! Lol...

To the best of my recollection, this one was a couple of feet long, but doesn't look it because I have really, really large hands... LMAO...

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Those are gar pike, and from the look of it, probably spawning :)

They've got so much teeth that you can capture them on a bare piece of rope, no hook needed.
 
Where they're at, the water is probably 5' higher than normal, and even at normal flow, I'm not sure how deep it is right now, as there's a low-water dam just 10' away, and a fountain about 15' away. The design of the spot creates a huge whirlpool, and these fish are staying in the sheltered area. I think they're just trying to conserve energy, and not get washed downstream to who-knows-what fate.

HH from Allen in OK
 
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