Species guide
How to catch Spatulate sculpin
Icelus spatula
saltwaterCottidae
The spatulate sculpin is a small, elongated fish found in cold saltwater regions of the Atlantic and Pacific near North America. It lives on sandy or muddy bottoms mixed with stones, hunting mostly large bottom invertebrates. This species is not targeted as a game fish.
Where they live
Lives on sandy or sandy-mud sea bottoms with stones in cold saltwater from shallow depths to nearly 930 meters, mainly in the North American Atlantic and Pacific regions.
Typical size
Up to about 21 cm
What they eat
- large bottom invertebrates
- shrimp
- amphipods
- polychaete worms
- rarely small mollusks
Best baits
- small shrimp
- worms
- crustacean chunks
Best lures
- small soft plastic grubs
- jigs
How to fish for them
- bottom fishing
- light jigging
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