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.