BentRod
12/29/2011 8:21:00 AMSorry you didn't get some steel there BBD. Building off AJ's Dad, in the salt those sculpins are referred to as bull heads. In freshwater I grew up calling them dogfish (which is a sand shark in the salt). Talk about confusing! lol. Better luck on your next outting.
yooper_fisher
12/30/2011 10:32:00 AMBack east we always called those sculpin, I even caught one in the salt in Maine, also called sculpin. It wasn't until I moved here that I heard people refer to them as bullhead (very confusing because of the bullhead catfish)
rickydbasser
12/30/2011 11:56:00 AMBullhead catfish, no matter what the size, is what most of our NW Washington lakes offer. Not near as tastey as Blues and Channel Catfish. Fresh water Skulpins are their own specie and seldom grow to no larger than to about 4 inches, and vary in color or color combinations. And then there is the salt water bullhead, which are everywhere in our shallow salt water bays. Dogfish are a spicies onto themselves,being in the shark family. Hope I didn't sound like some know-it-all prude. lol.
RiverDog
12/30/2011 6:40:00 PMThere is quite the variety of sculpin, both fresh and salt water types. Some are great table fare. Your pic looks like a Pacific Staghorn Sculpin usually found in salt or brackish water. Sadly, it isn't the best on a plate, but it beats a skunk. For kids at the beach they are fun to catch, and have been called "bullheads" for years - they have some nasty little horns with small spines. When distressed, you can feel them "buzz".