Underwater River Scenery Pictures, Page 2

Here's the stream bottom of a newly renovated artificial channel created by the Wisconsin DNR to restore the natural flow of a small stream that had previously been diverted through a series of shallow, water-warming old private hatchery ponds.

Even in the winter there's some green weed growth at the bottom of a healthy trout stream.

Light reflected from air bubbles left ghostly wisps in this fairly long exposure picture beneath a riffle. It's got an accidental artistic look.

I took this picture of the underside of a large slab of ice in a northern Wisconsin river in early February. I got cold.

Here's the underside of a "lunker structure", a manmade undercut bank where trout love to hang out. It's amazing how much I've seen the trout use these things. I've also noticed that the best trout populations I've seen are in streams where lunker structures have been installed.

This little pool shelters some eager small-stream brook trout, though I caught or frightened them before I took the picture. You can see this pool from above the water, too.

The rock wall across the picture is at least 15 feet away -- this is extremely clear water in a tiny Catskill stream. This plunge pool to a large waterfall holds many brook trout in the 8-9 inch range but they hide too well to spot in this photo.

These are red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens. Thanks Gonzo for the ID.