First Sculpin!

[Orca Winfrey]

Originally Posted by ProfessorLongArms

Too bad he was out of season and really tiny.
Good thing I recognized him from all of those ballast point labels

Little guy didn't lack for attitude though-
Actually had the nerve to hit an 8oz bucktail jig with a swimbait on it.

Nice! They are very cool fish. I got my first sting by one the other day. I was being careless since I’ve handled many without incident. Big mistake. Luckily was more of a grazing wound rather than a deep stab. Still hurt like crazy and wouldn’t stop bleeding for about 15 minutes. I think if my finger had been cut off it wouldn’t have hurt much more. I do not want to find out what a nice deep poke would feel like.