Underwater River Scenery Pictures, Page 3

Mating toads.

Light beams filter through a wavy surface.

Mating toads and their eggs in the shallows.

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.

Gonzo and I had to wait a few seconds for this snapping turtle to get out of our way before we crossed over a log on his small stream.

Mating toads, with a huge number of eggs stretching out behind them.

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.

Plant life thrives year-round in this spring head, which never dips far below the temperature of the ground water.