Fishbreath... My mistake. You are correct. Can't use them for bait. Cool looking little fish though. I wonder where you can get mudsuckers? All the bait shops used to sell them. I even caught some nice Spotted Bass at Perris with them. Waterdogs too. Another great big bass bait.
You find longjaw mudsuckers in estuaries, as their name suggests, they prefer a soft muddy bottom.
Lol that just made me picture girls mud wrestling now..
The sculpins at BBL and Perris are mottled sculpins, common in the colorado river.
[QUOTE=smokehound;548493]You find longjaw mudsuckers in estuaries, as their name suggests, they prefer a soft muddy bottom.
Lol that just made me picture girls mud wrestling now..
The sculpins at BBL and Perris are mottled sculpins, common in the colorado river.[/QUOTE
What is BBL?
BBL is Big Bear Lake. There are huge numbers of Mottled Sculpins in there, illegal to use for bait but I saw a guy catch a good size Bass on one there a few years ago. I have caught them occasionally at Perris over the years, but only one or two per day, not five. They are bottom feeders, so I don't think they would bite a bait suspended above the bottom.
The fishing in the marina sounds similar to how it's been the past couple of weeks. There have been lots of small Bluegills but few bigger ones, no Redears, but surprising numbers of Trout and Crappies (decent numbers at least) plus a few Bass.
Silverwood lake has them as well I've seen them when I was moving rocks last year in the water and also caught a striper on chovie and it had one in it's mouth
Lmb will snack on them too for sure
me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Cartman
Most freshwater fish snack on sculpins, but prefer the 2-3" sizes. In freestone trout streams, they are a major source of trophy trout diets, hence the reason for the success of patterns like the Muddler. I can't imagine a bass wouldn't eat one, seeing as they aren't incredibly strong swimmers and really inhabit the same habitat as crawdads
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