Ep. 148 - Drew Phipps and the Restoration of the Candy Darter

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Zack Williams

Outdoors, Wilderness, Sports, Fishing, Outdoor, Hunting, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 148: Drew Phipps and the Restoration of the Candy Darter

America’s Midwestern rivers – the Elk, the Kanawha, the Ohio and all their vast systems of arterial tributaries – are home to a mind-boggling array of some of the most bizarre creatures on this planet. Among them, the candy darter, a tiny fish of such astounding beauty that its very existence begs questions about human perception, evolution and aesthetics: Why would a fish look like this? Why is it so beautiful? Join us for the return of one of the Podcast & Blast’s most popular guests, Drew Phipps of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Fish Hatchery in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where a successful program to restore the candy darter to its original riverine habitats is bearing fruit. Listen to the end for a bonus tale of a junk store “swan gun” brought back to life and into the turkey woods…a mammoth 10-gauge black powder market hunting relic, best test fired with duct-tape, prayers and a 20-foot piece of paracord while hiding behind a block wall. Do not try this at home or anywhere else.

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0:00.0	I think you would be hard-pressed to walk away and honestly say that there's not a reason to save that animal.
0:09.8	I think that folks who would walk in there look at those fish and not be somewhat
0:14.3	awestruck, you know they may be telling themselves somewhat of a falsehood.
0:18.7	You know, I don't think that you can walk in and look at those fish and not be taken aback a little bit.
0:26.0	You know, there's a reason that we need to save that fish.
0:29.4	It's very, very well developed and it fits well in that particular environment and we just
0:36.7	don't know what's going to happen if we lose that fish. There's a lot of folks that want to paint the fence while the house is on fire.
0:48.0	And there's plenty of time to paint the fence next week.
0:53.0	We gotta get the kitchen out first.
0:55.8	And so if the animal's gone, none of this mat.
1:00.8	Hey everybody, Hal hearing, Back Country Hunters and Anglers
1:04.0	Podcasts and Blas. Hey I really wanted to thank
1:08.0	Filson for its long support of this podcast. Without Filson, I don't get to do what I want to do with it and I've
1:16.1	had a mighty good time over the last couple years thanks to their support so I'd ask everybody to check out Philson.com or your local outdoor retailers.
1:28.0	If you know the history is for 125 years,
1:31.0	Philson's uncompromising commitment to quality has defined their and community to become more than just a clothing brand. They are the stewards of an American
1:44.9	outdoor tradition. So if you look at old photos of the Alaskan Gold Rush and on through the
1:51.6	1900s, you'll see that Filson has always produced some of the
1:56.7	best wool products available anywhere and that tradition is carried on. Check it out.
2:03.8	There's new versions of the old proven wool cruiser jackets,
2:08.5	the wool vests.
2:09.6	They got the old jacket shirts or jackshirts for anglers
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