Sculpin!

[Fisherman7]

So I've been living on Upper Buckhorn for the last 7 years. I always have a minnow trap in soon as ice goes out just to see what's out there and what fish could be feeding on.

The first 4 years I caught nothing but perch and sometimes the trap was full of 3"-4" perch. Then that started to switch and I'd catch sculpin with the perch, and then the last 2 years I catch nothing but sculpin in various age classes/size. Up to 4" long.

There are the occasional crayfish and baby rock bass and blue gill in there, but only 1-2.

So, what gives? Are sculpin taking over?

And before anyone says, they are sculpin and not gobies. I checked.

[Ion66]

We boat and fish on Upper Buckhorn, but I've yet to catch or see a sculpin. What part of the lake are you on? We fish all over, but mostly deeper water as it's a 24 foot cruiser and not a proper fishing boat.

[mykola]

Post some pictures.

[Fisherman7]

I'm on the channel on the other side of Emerald Isle Marina.