They like a little current and some like a lot of current. We found a snake on a branch. It was a Queen Snake. It had 3 stripes. 2 were a yellowy color and 1 was a reddish color.
Sculpins
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Twerp
, Jun 19 2015 08:18 AM
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Twerp
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Posted 19 June 2015 - 08:18 AM
Daddy and I found the sculpins in a steam that leads into Issaqueena Lake. They are not pretty but they are cool fish though.
They like a little current and some like a lot of current. We found a snake on a branch. It was a Queen Snake. It had 3 stripes. 2 were a yellowy color and 1 was a reddish color.
They like a little current and some like a lot of current. We found a snake on a branch. It was a Queen Snake. It had 3 stripes. 2 were a yellowy color and 1 was a reddish color.
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mattknepley
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Posted 19 June 2015 - 08:31 AM
Erin and I had a great time romping through the Clemson Experimental Forest. Thanks to some sweet intel from Mr. Stephen Beaman, we were onto the sculpins right away. I was especially excited because I had been hoping to find these guys for a couple years now and kept striking out. Erin helped me work dipnets and seines and although we didn't find a ton, Cottus bairdi (if that is still a correct id) showed in the net consistently. As Twerp said, these fish ain't pretty in the traditional sense, but they are way cool. Some of the colors in the mottling, and the orange-red tails are especially neat. This little stream wasn't big enough to pack much current due to its small volume, but did an admirable job with what it had to work with. For some reason I had it in my mind that these fish would want rougher water than this. Can't wait to get back and give it a more thorough looking through!
Look at the mouths on these guys!
Look at the mouths on these guys!
Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
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Michael Wolfe
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- North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage
Posted 19 June 2015 - 09:36 AM
Daddy and I found the sculpins in a steam that leads into Issaqueena Lake. They are not pretty but they are cool fish though.
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They like a little current and some like a lot of current. We found a snake on a branch. It was a Queen Snake. It had 3 stripes. 2 were a yellowy color and 1 was a reddish color.
Nice catch and photo Twerp...
Sculpin are pretty but only in an ugly kinda way! I like how redish yours is... look at this crazy white-ish / blonde-ish one I found in Oklahoma!
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin
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Casper
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- Chattanooga, TN alongside South Chickamauga Creek, just upstream of the mighty Tennessee River.
Posted 22 June 2015 - 01:15 PM
I like the bulldog analogy. The only thing to make it more accurate would be if sculpins drooled...
How do we know they don't?
Well i know one thing... they are VERY slimy until roasted.
Casper Cox
Chattanooga, near the TN Divide on BlueFishRidge overlooking South Chickamauga Creek.
Chattanooga, near the TN Divide on BlueFishRidge overlooking South Chickamauga Creek.
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