Cold Blast Hunts

[benp]

Went scouting in one of the Tupelo swamps for a Saturday hunt and in the cut tree section it is full of this plant which I think is the alligator weed.



There was also a little of this plant but not much




Something I've yet to figure out is last year I shot a pintail in this Tupelo swamp and he had been sitting for a little while before he came to me and he was full of tiny black seeds when I cleaned him. I have no clue what he was feeding on in there.

 

[Derek Bendell]

Sounds like smartweed, what you found in the pintail. Polygonum. Were they round and flattened?

 

[Patrick Green]

The first picture is alligator weed.
The second picture I?m not sure on, it might be some form of chara (Kara) which is an algae that has plant-like structure and features.
If you have a picture of it in the water where it was found would help on the identification.

 

[benp]

Derek I'm pretty sure that's what it was, but don't remember seeing smartweed in the swamp. I'll have to look around and see next time I'm in there.

Patrick if I find any of the plant in tack I'll take a picture of it, the pieces I found were all floating last time.

 

[Mark W]

My favorite hunt is right before or after a cold blast comes through. Not as many hunters out and the action is usually pretty darn good.

Loved the comment on the spoonies . They are thick and plentiful here and we all try our best to not shoot one.

Mark