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Interesting Catch: Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum)

November 13, 2010 By: Ward Category: Fly Fishing

Was fishing the Lower Mountain Fork River (LMF) just above Presbyterian Falls  couple of weeks ago and caught a fish that was pretty interesting…

Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum)

Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum)

Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum) 2

Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum) 2

Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum) 3

Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum) 3

I shot an email over to the wildlife department to see what they though… Turned out to be a pretty interesting catch. Thanks to Greg Summers, the Supervisor of the Oklahoma Fishery Research Lab, it was quickly identified as the Highland Stoneroller.

This fish has been a hot topic for ichthyologists recently. Within the last year it’s been identified as a unique species and there aren’t very many images available of this species.

Not the monster brown I had been planning on catching… but still cool enough to deserve a quick post

2 Comments to “Interesting Catch: Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma sapadiceum)”


  1. Patrick Sievert says:

    You’re back! (sort of)

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  2. Damn, that is one SEXY fish! The blue warts are badass.

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