Altoona's Bass Pro Shop with pictures

	Visit to Altoona's Bass Pro Shop

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Show MCA Expo 2006 -- the Fish MCA Expo 2006 -- the People	I shoulda took a picture of the joint while I was there. Duh. Introduction: It took decades for the Bass Pro franchise to make its way to Des Moines -- actually, Altoona, where we keep our race track and casino. (We just have Bingo within our city limits). Anyway, Bass Pro provides an excellent display of Iowa fishes in a variety of species and sizes. You can bowl, eat (choice clam chowder, chips, and salsa), and stroll their nearly endless aisles of merchandise (of course, I had to buy some) before you find your way to their fish display -- complete with a very impressive waterfall. Without further ado, here's most of their fish ranked in order of angler preference. Warning: Your personal preference may differ. Second Warning: Some of my IDs may not hold up to close scrutiny. LA One of the primitive air-breathing Iowa fishes -- the bowfin (also called dogfish) -- Amia calva. LA These guys can survive in water that kills normal fish. They are pretty AND obnoxious predators. LA At one time we could find these in the aquarium trade. They're showing up again. LA One of the Iowa gars (probably shortnose) --also known as eagle bait. They accumulat beneath killer spillways and eat the wounded fish that spill over. Anglers hate them. Some (siisies) fear them. You can find these in the aquarium trade -- impressive display fish. They will bite you and you won't like it. LA 2-foot drum. He makes a weird drumming noise with his air bladder. He's also known as a croaker. Not too many people will eat one. Fun to catch. LA One of the species of buffalo fish that live in Iowa. You can see them skimming the surface on hot August days. Archers love them. They are tasty. Carp have nearly driven out this Iowa sucker fish. LA In case you didn't know it, suckers have soft rays in their fins. Minnow rays are hard. "Minnow" is most often used to denote bait fish or any other fish you buy by the dozen. LA 3-foot carp -- the minnow that has mostly supplanted out native buffalo sucker. They really are edible. Commercial fishermen net and sell thousands of tons of carp from the Mississippi River. LA Carp get a bad rap because they constantly roil the bottom searching for anything to eat. They're why much of Iowa's waters are always on the murky side. The Fish & Game Department brought them to the U.S. And now there are other species of carp in the Mississippi and Missouri River which are actually worse. The original carp make a great sport fish. They fight harder than bass and grow larger (Iowa record 77 pounds, 55 inches). LA 3-foot catfish that I can't identify. Let me know if you can. LA Definitely not a bullhead, way too big. Not a flathead because its head is not flat. LA Maybe it's a channel catfish (Iowa record 38 pounds, 40 inches) or blue catfish (Iowa record 101 pounds, 53 inches). However, its tail doesn't look forked. Minnesotans think Iowans are crazy for eating catfish. Right, lots of them eat lutefisk -- cod that's been made into shoe leather. LA Walleyes sport that weird looking eyeball. Very highly regarded sport fish. Our Department of Natural Resources artificially breeds then stocks these guys all over the state. Often called "walleyed pike," they're not really pikes. They're perch. The Culvers chain sells lots of walleye filets. Our local Izaak Walton League provides a walleye menu on a monthly basis. Very tasty. LA Saugers look like Walleyes. They're much smaller. They're also a perch. They do not have that little white trim at the bottom tip of their tails. I can't tell them apart. And there's a saugeye which is a cross between the two. LA 2-foot northern pike (Iowa record 25 pounds, 45 inches), a highly regarded sport fish. You don't find them in our area -- even though were on the north side of Des Moines. You have to go way up north to find them in Iowa -- thus the name northern pike.. LA 18-icnch largemouth bass. For some reason, most anglers consider these great sports fish. They even buy special "bass boats" to fish for them. They wil strike at the syupidest looking wooden baits. They're sort f fun to catch but fight only a fraction as hard as a carp. They are the largest sunfish. LA Largemouth bass tend to develop the traditional beer belly whish could explain part of their popularity. LA This guy looks better. LA Foot-long black crappie, another highly regarded member of the sunfish family. Crappie is a stupid way to spell croppie. So I think I'll start spelling it croppie from now on. LA 16-inch "striped bass." Striped bass are actually an ocean fish. They have been crossed with white bass to make "wipers" (Iowa record 19 pounds, 33 inches). Here's an ocean fish capable of living and breeding in freshwater. Vast schools of these true bass (not sunfish) traverse our Des Moines River. When they begin a feeding frenzy, they will take any bait or piece of tinfoil flipped into the water. When they're "running," anglers go nuts also. Last Words: Well, we didn't see all our Iowa fishes. We did however see a nice selection of well cared for Fish. Eventually I'll get around to talking to some of the people behind the scenes. More later. LA © 2010 LA Productions aqualandpetsplus.com 3600 Sixth Avenue Corner of Sixth & Euclid Avenues Des Moines, IA 50313 515 283-0300 Home Fish Other Stuff	Anabantids Betta Leaf Betta Breed 1 Betta Breed II Betta Info Betta Housing Betta Pla Kat Choc Gourami Climbing Perch Gourami Pix Kiss. 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