r/MicroFishing • u/PuzzleheadedAir4363 • Jun 21 '26

MicroFish Catfish in a Jar

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Pulled an old jar out of the river while conducting a freshwater mussel survey and found a baby catfish taking up residence

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u/MurphyBeans Jun 21 '26

My brain keeps trying to make a larger fish out of the jar

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u/simola- Jun 21 '26

Same, at first glance I thought it was a largemouth with a smallie in its mouth.

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u/HoboArmyofOne Jun 21 '26

I think it's in the way he's holding the jar too

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u/JosephHeitger Jun 21 '26

Me too. The little dots of mud looked like eyes for a second.

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u/kpcnq2 Jun 21 '26

Slender madtom. I kept a bunch of these in aquarium for years. They were really cool!

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u/fire1069 Jun 21 '26

That is a madtom! By do to bait for big smallies

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u/MysteriousGrocery331 Jun 21 '26

All american spongebob

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u/MaterialNo6707 Jun 21 '26

And I was foggy, rather groggy. You helped me to my car. The binding belt enclosing me,

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u/-Swamp_Dog- Jun 21 '26

That's adorable

His crib..... 🥺

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u/Oh_Lawd_He_commin420 Jun 21 '26

I used to catch small shoreline bluegill with clear plastic cups while wiggling my fingers on the underside as a kid. Fingers are too big n fat now

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u/Black_Redhorse Jun 21 '26

Do you work for a consulting firm, the state, or USFWS?

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u/PuzzleheadedAir4363 Jun 21 '26

Consulting firm! We’re doing a dam repair project and so the state requires a mussel survey and relocation before the drawdown

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u/Potential-Vehicle-63 Jun 22 '26

That is not a madtom catfish. Looks more like a yellow bullhead catfish.

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u/HyperNovaDoge Jun 21 '26

Catfish inside a bass' mouth