TPWD 1960 F-3-R-7 #615: Resurvey of the Major Streams in Region 5B

Report of Fisheries Investigations Resurvey of the Major Streams in Region SmB by John No Dorehester Assistant Project Leader DingellmJOhnson Project Fm3mRm7, Job B~l5 June 1, 1959 _, May 31, 1960 H1 D. Dodgen _ Executive Secretary Texas Game and Fish Commission Austinfi Toxas marion Toole Kbnneth C. Surgene & William E. Brown Coordinator , Assistant Goordinetors .‘ A B S T R A C T During this segment seining and hoop net collections were made on the Cypress Bayous and seining collections were made on the sabine River. The Angelina, Attoyac, and Neches Rivers were not included because of a lake re- novation job that came up. It was determined that there Were no major changes occurring in the fish populations of either stream as cyprinids were the most commonly collected fish from both bodies cf'water. 'Also the chemical properties of the water are about the same as during the initial surveys. The most significant change to take place on either stream was the creation of Lake 0' the Pines on Cypress Bayou” Recommendations are made to install boat launching \ramps'for better access to these streamso ' Job Completion Report State of TEXAS Project No. IF~3~R~7 Name: Fisheries Investigations and Surveys ~ . of the waters of Region 5~B m Job No. B~15 Title: Resurrey of the major Streams in Region 2-3 _ Period Covered: June 1, 1959 — may 31, 1960 OBJECTIVES To determine the present status of the major streams and fish populations which have been surveyed in previous segments, INTRODUCTION Resurvey collections were to have been made on the Cypress Bayou, down to but not including Caddo Lake; the Sabine River; the Angelina and Attoyac Rivers; and the flashes Rivera The Angelina, Attoyac, and Nachos Rivers were not resurveyed during this segment because of a major lake renovation job which came up after the resurvey job description was written. Time did not permit the continuation of this john Collections were made on the Cypress Bayou and the Sabine River in approximately the some locations as the original surveysa It is difficult to compare collections in detail with the original surveys because the Cypress Bayou survey was reported in two reports (Project FwBWR—l,_JObs A-1 and B~5) and the Sabine River survey was reported in five reports (Project Fm3~R~l, Jobs Awe and B-6; Project Fw3mRm2, Jobs A-3 and B—8; and Project Fw3~R~3, Job Bw9jo The dates for these surveys are as follows: Cypress Bayonzu Jnly 1953 through may lQSh; Sabine Riveraw July 1953 through May 1956. Each of these streams is reported separately in this report. PROCEDURE AND FINDINGS Cypress Bayons Cypress Bayons include three streams, all of which join together before entering Caddo Lake” These streams are_the Little Cypress, Cypress, and Black Cypress Bayons and all lie within Marion County except Little Cypress which forms the boundary between Marion and Harrison counties. There were six collection stations visited, two on each~stream, in both the original survey and the reserveya Seining was done with a 26s by 6-foot by %winch mesh hag seine. In-addition there was one hoop net (mesh sizes of one inch, 1%finches, and two inches) set at each location one nighta Ecological data taken included water analyses which cons P0 sisted of pH, methyl orange.alkalinity, chlorides, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, color, surface temperatures, and air temperature. ' A total of 12 collections were made at the six locations on Little Cypress, Cypress, and Black Cypress Bayous in Marion County. Table 1 gives these locations. Six seining collections yielded a total of 31 species compared to 35 coining collections and 55 species in the initial survey. Two species, Notropis volucellus and Porcine Caprodes, were recorded in the resurvey which were not collected in_ the initial survey. A total of 705 specimens were taken, compared to 1,793 taken initially, which shows that more specimens were taken per collection on the resurvey. As found before, cyprinids and other forage species made up the majority of the fish in the collections, Six hoop net collections yielded only two specimens compared to 61 collections which yielded 18 species and 97 specimens before. I The results of coining and hoop net collections are given in Table 2. Table 3 gives the ecological data collected. As can be_seen, there are no major chemical differences in these waters and they are similar to conditions found in the initial survey, though resurvey data is more complete. The most significant change to take place on Cypress Bayou is the creation of Lake 0* the Pines, formed by the construction of Ferrellss Bridge Dam located just above Ferrell‘s Bridge on Cypress Bayou which was a collection station. Cypress Bayou formerly fluctuated greatly over the year depending upon rainfall. Now it is expected that the water below the dam will remain at a fairly constant level, though the new lake wonit affect the levels of Little Cypress or Black Cypress Bayous. There has been increased fishing pressure in the vicinity of Ferrell‘s Bridge and fisherman access in the particular area is better than it was in 1953w5h. CONGLHSIONS Cypress Payous , Generally speaking there were no major changes in the fish populations in 'Cypress Bayous as near as could be determined by such a curacy. The most important change noted is the forming of Lake 0‘ the Pines, which will stabilise the water level of Cypress Bayou and possibly make some changes in fishing pressure at such places as just below the dam, in the vicinity of the old Ferrell's Bridge, and at the mouths of Little Gypresghand Black Cypress. 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