RR> My greatest joy is being
 RR> waist deep in mud as the water tickles my chin and I
 RR> navigate my net past a tree trunk .
 Holy cow!!  There's _another_ sick person out there!!  I became fascinated
 with natives as an offshoot of angling.  I would catch a wide variety
 of "minnows" for bait and those fish were fascinating.  It wasn't too
 long before I was enjoying the bait collecting more that the fishing!
 RR> The most
 RR> important thing to remember is be smart, don't take what you shouldn't
 RR> , don't keep what you don't want, and don't take
 RR> what you don't have room for. The second most important
 RR> thing is not how you do it, but that you enjoy doing it  .
 While those are important, I've found that the three most critical
 aspects to collecting natives are quarantine, quarantine, and
 quarantine.
 RR> I repeat, never dump the water
 RR> into the tank, that is the number one way to transmit
 RR> disease and parasites.
 And you'll find plenty of unwanted hitchhikers.  
 RR> People often wonder what fish work well in an aquarium so here
 RR> are some that I have kept and really enjoy:
 I like the madtoms best!
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