What a beautiful place. WOW. First few scoops nothing. Then boom this guy.
I'm still new at IDing fish but I thought right away Redfin pickerel. Which I have yet to catch here in MA. Very pretty fish. Let him go after taking some pics. I caught about 10 smaller ones altogether. Then I grabbed a nice big scoop of duckweed and mud. BOOM a bluespotted sunfish. This thing was black with very blue dots.
Prior to going I was like wonder if ill be able to I'd one right away. Make no mistake I knew right away. I feel in love instantly. I mean I am a darter man but this fish was stunning. Snapped my picture and released him. I caught 9 in total in that one spot. I read that they were protected on this site. But when I looked them up I couldn't find them being "protected" I did see special concern though. Either way I left them to be on the safe side. I caught this salamander prior to leaving.
I still needed to catch a shield darter before my day was over. So ioff I went to check my other streets. Stopped at a creek just down the road. All I caught there were huge suckers. I'm guessing white suckers. They were a good 5-6" which i guess isnt that huge compared to how big they get. After about 10 min I moved on. Went to another creek
I caught a HUGE sculpin here. I've only prior to today caught 1-2 inch sculpins. This guy was 6-7". Nice orange coloration. Here is a pic...sorry for the quality. it was so bright and i just fell down the bank and was not happy.
is this a mottled sculpin?
Edited by bumpylemon, 10 May 2010 - 07:37 PM.