Once upon a time, on a spring day in Michigan, two Bluegills created their nests. One nested in a lovely lake in Kalkaska County, while one nested in a scenic lake on Isle Royale. Of course both fish made nests from their local rocks and minerals.
All The Kalkaska fish could find was loads of sand and Petoskey Stone pebbles (Our State Stone), while the other fish built her nest from our State Gemstone, the Isle Royale Greenstone. She was decorative, adding Agate, Datolite, and Thomsonite to make her bed homey.
The Yooper fish had to be bigger and stronger in order to move heavy metals, the other, although, a very fine fish, was able to move her pebbles with a swish of her tail.
The Yooper had to wait for almost summer to nest, while the Troll fish (she lives Under the Bridge) was able to nest in late May.
These fish both sported great spring coloration, and were very fine mothers. Again, the Yooper fish had to defend against much larger fish (but had the muscles to succeed), while the smaller Troll Fish mostly had to scare off Bass, and Trout .
The Yooper fish is tough, bred to survive the 300 inches of snow that tries to block her stream pathways and lakes. Maybe that’s why her coloring is whiter, light pink with flecks of rainbow colors. The Troll fish lives in a longer growing season, so that might explain why she has more blues and greens.
This was two weeks work, and loads of frustration, (who drills little Greenstones?)
Let me know if you prefer fishing under the bridge OR over the Bridge.
About the Author
As a boy, I earned my candy money by selling fish. From my grown up life, I have a couple of prize-winning blue gills hanging on my wall, caught in the spring, while those blue-gills were “on their beds”. Now that I’m older and not really fishing much anymore, this is my creative story about my creative pieces. by Don Reed