Nature News: Mummichogs are stout little fish found in salt marsh pannes Posted Jun 26, 2018 at 2:31 PM Updated Jun 27, 2018 at 9:29 AM This is one of the best times of year to visit an estuary (the brackish, marshy area where a river meets the sea). The bright green of the newly grown salt marsh grass is interrupted by pools of water (salt marsh pannes) that reflect the sky like a mirror and that, on a warm summer’s day, writhe with life. Countless tiny fish swim along the edges of the pools and flip at the surface. Like darting shadows they are very hard to see, you only know they are there when they move. Those little fish are collectively called minnows (as are all small fish used as bait). I occasionally put traps into salt marsh pannes and streams not as bait but just to see what is there. The two types of minnows I most often find are mummichogs and sticklebacks. I love these little fish. Aside from the fact that ...
