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Big daddy sculpin

Started by Guest_JohnO_* , Mar 26 2008 06:30 PM

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#1 Guest_JohnO_*

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 06:30 PM

Had to turn this big fellow loose, as I only have one native tank and he would have eaten all of my darters. I was lifting rocks in a shallow creek section, and when he hit the dip net, he almost took it out of my hand. Rough estimate of size is around 4" - my finger joint measures at 1 1/2". The creek on my farm is pretty thick with these banded sculpins, but typically, they're around 2". This one was a monster.

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#2 Guest_AppStateBimmer_*

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 06:49 PM

impressive!

I saw quite a few today while I was out collecting rocks for my tank. I did not manage to catch any as I was not planning on finding anything that interesting though.

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#3 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 07:15 PM

Sculpins can get bigger that that, and can look truly ferocious. You should avoid releasing fish back to a stream after keeping them in a tank, since you could move diseases around. I understand that the sculpin would certainly eat any available darters in a tank.

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#4 Guest_juscuz_*

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 08:11 PM

Sculpins can get bigger that that, and can look truly ferocious. You should avoid releasing fish back to a stream after keeping them in a tank, since you could move diseases around. I understand that the sculpin would certainly eat any available darters in a tank.

I believe he only kept it long enough to take a pic in the bucket, it never went home.