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    Freshwater Mussel/Clam ID

    My son found this in Lake Travis...aka Colorado River.
    Last edited by Briar Friar; 01-26-2021, 09:15 AM.
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    Not a clam. Catfish love them ...freshwater mussel

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      404 - Page Not Found
      https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Documents/R2ES/5_central_Texas_mussels_fact_sheet_2011.pdf


      Conservation Status Maps – Dallas
      https://dallas.tamu.edu/research/mussels/research/conservation-status-maps/
      A Guide for Conservation Conservation status assessment maps are a way to efficiently determine the status of a given species and have been used in conservation assessments by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for rare aquatic species.  In Texas, range maps are available for the 15 state-listed mussel species, but the spatial scale of those […]


      https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=F04F


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      https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/watersupply/water_rights/eflows/20170915gsabbasc_intromusselscomp.pdf
      The resource you are looking for has not been found in our system.

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        #4
        I thnk its a Texas Pimpleback Mussel....and upon honest discovery...I had a pucker moment...which prompted me to return it to the Colorado.

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          #5
          Best bream bait ever clam!

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            #6
            I live in Cedar Park and have a creek behind my place. The dry parts of the creek bed are covered in those things. I always wondered what they were.

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              #7
              I found somebody’s stash when cruising Lake Austin in a draw-down.
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                #8
                Originally posted by Patton View Post
                I found somebody’s stash when cruising Lake Austin in a draw-down.
                Dang! I wonder if the water fell too fast for them to move or got too shallow and the shallow sun heated water cookedem...looks like winter...maybe froze in shallow cooler water...?

                Thats a really good sign to see that many bigguns...but then not dead. Thanks for sharing Patton.
                Last edited by Briar Friar; 08-20-2018, 08:56 PM. Reason: FrozeSpake

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                  Originally posted by Briar Friar View Post
                  Dang! I wonder if the water fell too fast for them to move or got too shallow and the shallow sun heated water cookedem...looks like winter...maybe froze in shallow cooler water...?

                  Thats a really good sign to see that many bigguns...but then not dead. Thanks for sharing Patton.
                  Barring drought, they (LCRA) drop the lake 12’ every other year in January or February for boat dock and shoreline maintenance. You’re probably right and the mussels can’t move quick enough.

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                    #10
                    My boy asked to bring it home...I let him...because I wanted to put it in fresh water...purge it/deturd it...and eat it.

                    Lo and behold it be applied for endangered. Shazaam!
                    Last edited by Briar Friar; 08-20-2018, 09:09 PM.

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                      #11
                      When I was a kid they drained Possum Kingdom 15 feet or so to fix the ****, and exposed a bunch of those big freshwater muscles. They must've been 4 or 5 inches across. We spent all day swimming them out, busting/cutting them out, and putting them on a trot line. Caught a bunch of channel cat.


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                        Originally posted by Patton View Post
                        Barring drought, they (LCRA) drop the lake 12’ every other year in January or February for boat dock and shoreline maintenance. You’re probably right and the mussels can’t move quick enough.
                        I reckon Glen Hager ought to ask LCRA to go a bit slower...and maybe put up some signs...”Leave ALL mullosks!...not just those with stripes.”

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                          Originally posted by Dale Moser View Post
                          When I was a kid they drained Possum Kingdom 15 feet or so to fix the ****, and exposed a bunch of those big freshwater muscles. They must've been 4 or 5 inches across. We spent all day swimming them out, busting/cutting them out, and putting them on a trot line. Caught a bunch of channel cat.


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                          That sounds like an awesome time and great experience. Thanks for sharing Dale.

                          Byron

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by NAVY CHIEF View Post
                            Not a clam. Catfish love them ...freshwater mussel


                            Texas Native

                            Thanks Chief

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                              #15
                              Here in Georgia, I see these all the time in creek banks but they are always very small (about half an inch or less). I have never seen big freshwater ones. Makes me curious if they are in our creeks and just not exposed. Hmmm....

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