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Posted by: BassAholic Posted on: 10/07/07 at 21:41:59
I don't have any more photos but I am fairly sure it was a prickly sculpin. It was from lake meridian. The colors are not like any others I have seen on web pages or have caught. When I say colors I mean the tail not the digested part.

Posted by: sarge - Ex Member Posted on: 10/05/07 at 18:22:23
It definitely spent some time in the stomach. It wasn't freshly eaten, probably puked up after being in there for several hours, maybe a little more.

Posted by: Daryl Posted on: 10/05/07 at 16:54:06
Sarge It looks like a sculpin that is half digested. The head is disfigured and the fins are gone. It looks like it was regurgitated after a short period of time in the fish's stomach or half way swollowed. ??? Daryl

Posted by: sarge - Ex Member
Posted on: 10/05/07 at 16:13:44

Wow... I get paid to ID these things and that is a toughie... Is it from Lake Washington?

The rear portion of the fish looks just like a sculpin, but the head doesn't look like a sculpin. Do you happen to have a picture looking directly down on the fish?

The most common sculpin in Lake Washington are prickly sculpin, but there are also torrent and coastrange sculpin. See that single small spine sticking out of the gill plate? That is typically a sculpin feature. I will stick with a guess of some kind of sculpin... If you remember the skin feeling rough, it was most likely a prickly sculpin. Without looking at the fish up close, it would be hard to distinguish species.

Chris

Posted by: BassAholic Posted on: 10/03/07 at 15:59:01
The markings are what made me wonder. I have caught or removed many Sculpins but I have never seen one with marks or color like that. I did some reading & I guess there are at least twenty species of sculpins. never new that I need to adjust presentation accordingly Study the mouse not the owl

Posted by: DUNE HOPPER Posted on: 10/03/07 at 13:35:54
The tail looks like a sculpin and the head looks like a sculpin, but the markings don't. Hmmm I wonder, does it quack like a sculpin? Smitty

Posted by: Tnbasmstr - Ex Member Posted on: 10/03/07 at 02:47:31
I like Marks answer,although it could be from Alabama or Tennessee, up in thar hills Chuck P

Posted by: Doug_Booth - Ex Member Posted on: 10/03/07 at 01:30:37
I seen a couple of these in Washington the other day.

Posted by: basspro - Ex Member Posted on: 10/02/07 at 23:52:16
John, What lake did you catch these. Russ

Posted by: marktfd88 - Ex Member Posted on: 10/02/07 at 23:42:34
My guess is a sculpin. More specifically, a Georgian redneck, boat wrapus sculpin. Mark

Posted by: basspro - Ex Member Posted on: 10/02/07 at 23:38:16
John, It looks like a walleye fry. I thought at first it was a sculpin but I don't see the large gill plates that they have. The color and shape are what distinguishes my answer. It almost looks like a Mark Maderos fish. Russ

Posted by: BassAholic Posted on: 10/02/07 at 23:25:45
Few weeks ago I was catching some LM that had tails of bait fish hanging out of there mouths I pulled one out & took photos It looks a lot like a Goby & those are not from here. What do you guys think? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_goby

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