Prickly sculpin!

[Kaosu]

Picked up a mottled sculpin from my local bait shop, figured I'd save him instead of having him dangling at the end of a fishing line. Glad I did, it's been a long time since I've kept a sculpin of any sort.

yay!!^_^ they are awesome! pics!!!

 

[Umbra]

Just a quick shot I snapped, when I get proper lighting beyond the fluorescent bulb I'll take some better ones.

 

[Kaosu]

Just a quick shot I snapped, when I get proper lighting beyond the fluorescent bulb I'll take some better ones.

yay!!

i love that face^_^ i cant wait till my mottled gets bigger they look different than the prickly.

soo glad you put this guy in the tank rather than on a hook!!..(it happens all the time i know.. being bait fish and such)

 

[Kaosu]

.cam is dead..so phone shots but i did a re scaping...what you guys thing?

and one of her...shes getting to be a freaking monster..measured her threw the glass she was just over 6 1/2 inches.

 

[Kaosu]

Fatty fatty fat fat!!!^_^

 

[Kaosu]

so what you guys think so far...this is the oldest pic i have of her..she was just under 2 inches ..but i had her from under an inch ..the two pics above were taken today...at nearly 7 inches and fat!!!!!!

^_^ am i doing ok so far?..

 

[Kaosu]

..lurking on her log

 

[Bridger]

That fish is awesome! I definitely want to get a few when I make it back down to the Ozarks.

 

[dragontamer56]

So where do you usually find them in the lakes. I can't ever find any in the streams or lakes around here in western montana. But i have heard they are around.

 

[crazysteve]

that one im not sure at....iv only ever sculpin..this is my first native and have yet to start mixing...had a LMB in the tank for a few days but..as was planned it turned to be lunch, iv herd sunfish can be aggressive,...and well sculpin are food for lots of things that are bigger than them. They do hide well so you might be able to throw some in with bigger fish if you have enough cover

when you go collecting i suggest a lake not a creek... the few i have caught from the colder faster creek seem to adapt slower and have troubles surviving in the tank, as well as older adults, try mid to late spring at a lake with a rocky shore, and look for babies under and around an inch....the water in the lakes when they are young is really warm up around the edges where they live..i think this is why they adapt better to tanks than the older ones in deeper water and creeks.
just what iv seen so far ^_^

It's probably that they need higher 02 levels. Out of the streams. Or more water flow in your tank would help I'm sure.