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 Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/03/12 05:45 PM
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SculpinDefinitely not a saugeye - this fish has a fan-tail
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/03/12 07:32 PM
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NickHasty
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definitely not a saugeye, sauger, or walleye. You can take those off the list of candidates.
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/03/12 07:34 PM
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NickHasty
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thats a full on sculpin. Unique Catch! nice job
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 08:04 PM
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Randyj
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Info on Sculpin posted says the reach a maximum length of 15 cm. Looks a lot bigger than that
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 08:44 PM
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Blues
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I've caught a few saugeye at lake Kirby and they dont look like that, but I have no idea what it is, it's probably introduced from someones aquarium and should have been removed from the lake. Welcome to the forum.
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 09:38 PM
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Aggie_Angler
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It's more than likely a Fat sleeper (Dormitator maculatus). It's an estuarine species common on the lower Texas coast that can tolerate freshwater.
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 09:43 PM
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big daddy double digits
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that is not a sculpin, it resembles one yes, but it is not, it is a large subspecies of goby, here's a link to what they look like
(link removed-LSC)
Last edited by LoneStarCarper; 04/04/12 10:12 PM.
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 09:44 PM
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cocodrie
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 10:16 PM
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LoneStarCarper
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BAM!  Sleepy Cod aka Oxyeleotris lineolatus
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 10:20 PM
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LoneStarCarper
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/04/12 11:12 PM
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Blues
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Anything can be figured out on the TFF!! I would have bet money that wasn't a native species.
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/05/12 02:47 AM
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Aggie_Angler
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Sleepy cod are native to northern Australia. Not saying its impossible to be in Texas but I've never heard of it being introduced in Texas. Fat sleepers can get as big as the one he caught and is native and abundant from the part of Texas he caught the fish in.
Fat sleepers are also in the same family as sleepy cod.
Last edited by Aggie_Angler; 04/05/12 02:49 AM.
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/05/12 06:13 AM
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TRinTX
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I'm still going to say it is a sculpin since they are native to the Texas gulf coast region and the picture shown on the following website is almost spot on with the one originally posted. http://www.texasgulfcoastfishing.com/sculpin.html
Tim Rake
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Re: Need help identifying a fish
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04/05/12 03:24 PM
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Aggie_Angler
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Sculpin's (at least on the Texas coast) do not get that big. Fat sleepers are native to Texas. There is a bigmouth sleeper as well, but they have a pointier head.
Last edited by Aggie_Angler; 04/05/12 03:25 PM.
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