slimy sculpin

I was searching for info on fishes in the connecticut/ashuelot river drainage and I found an unexpected fish which if the info is accurate, is found close to my backyard.

Martin/Rice brook in its upper reaches in richmond is a stream i long regarded as only holding brook trout, as their the dace and shiners of the lower watershed vanish. But according to the page I read it also has slimy sculpin.

This makes me wonder. Is their any special way to catch this fish? do you kick seine them like darters?

How well do they do in captivity? do they need cold water? Are they easy to feed and take care of?

I was searching for info on fishes in the connecticut/ashuelot river drainage and I found an unexpected fish which if the info is accurate, is found close to my backyard.

Martin/Rice brook in its upper reaches in richmond is a stream i long regarded as only holding brook trout, as their the dace and shiners of the lower watershed vanish. But according to the page I read it also has slimy sculpin.

This makes me wonder. Is their any special way to catch this fish? do you kick seine them like darters?

How well do they do in captivity? do they need cold water? Are they easy to feed and take care of?

only thing i know is from what i learned from mike last week.. is that he catches kick seining and he told me that they will eat anything they can fit in their mouth aka no tankmates. but that was sculpin in general so im not sure if it was slimy. i thought i read somewhere that they were protected...i cant remember what state that was though....see you tomorrow..im pumped!! it may rain in the afternoon...but we will already be wet haha

I was searching for info on fishes in the connecticut/ashuelot river drainage and I found an unexpected fish which if the info is accurate, is found close to my backyard.

Martin/Rice brook in its upper reaches in richmond is a stream i long regarded as only holding brook trout, as their the dace and shiners of the lower watershed vanish. But according to the page I read it also has slimy sculpin.

This makes me wonder. Is their any special way to catch this fish? do you kick seine them like darters?

How well do they do in captivity? do they need cold water? Are they easy to feed and take care of?

I am not sure how plentiful they are there, here in PA I regularly catch them in both kick seine and kick net. I found most of them along weedy banks and under rocks. I know they need cold water as they are not eurythermal like some other sculpins. They will become emaciated within a few days in warm water. Good luck

Wertz

F/C did you ever try this? I've been planning a few trips and ran across your thread.
If you did, how did it work out?

What concerned me was...

I know they need cold water as they are not eurythermal like some other sculpins. They will become emaciated within a few days in warm water.

... so I researched, found this...

The slimy sculpin is a
coldwater fish; its upper lethal limit is around 25C
(Symons et al. 1976). Therefore, it was expected that
maximum temperature (MT) would negatively impact
survival

Download PDF file of study

(LOL @ the last line)

Especially in the summer, my fishroom gets warm... not quite high 70's F, but low to mid is very possible. Wouldn't want to kill off any poor slimys so I was curious.

F/C did you ever try this? I've been planning a few trips and ran across your thread.
If you did, how did it work out?

After learning of their heat intolerance I decided not to try keeping slimy sculpins. I have no chiller so am avoiding trying cold water fish.

I hear you.... thanks for the update