A photo of SoniaD's catch

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SoniaD
4/29/2014 12:25:06 AM

Ever wondered what the scales of the plecostomus look like up close?? Well under the microscope today we found out they look like this!

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Calaveras Lake

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    1. SoniaD 0
      @IowaAnglers Oh ok I see, that is nice!
    2. Joe Olsem 0
      My group consist of just me and a friend. We always fishing together so so we just share this account.
    3. SoniaD 0
      @IowaAnglers That's awesome! So does only one person post on FS as an admin but a lot of people are in a group for a specific university or how does your group ...more work?
    4. Joe Olsem 0
      You know it!!! Any chance we get we will be out fishing
    5. SoniaD 0
      @IowaAnglers Heck yeah it looks like you guys have a good ol' time!
    6. Joe Olsem 0
      *hear
    7. Joe Olsem 0
      I here u there. I have had some magnificent smoked carp in my day. Sometimes the reward is worth the work. Big carp are one of my favorite fish to catch too. As ...more you can see from our profile.
    8. SoniaD 0
      @IowaAnglers I agree, & my professor also says they CAN actually be prepared & taste very very good, although it takes work. And trust me he'd know! ...more Plus, it's just an incredibly engineered fish!
    9. Joe Olsem 0
      It is very neat!!! It doesn't matter to me either wether or not a fish is considered a trash fish. "One man's trash is another man's treasure". ...more They all r gems to me. I will catch'em all😊.
    10. SoniaD 0
      Oh and also her ovaries were huge and bursting with eggs so we did do Texas a favor and take them out and look and them under the microscope too, so, no baby pleco ...more from her!
    11. SoniaD 0
      @IowaAnglers Thank you for the invite! Isn't that neat looking? I didn't expect the scale of what everyone calls a trash fish to look so cool up close. It's ...more not a trash fish to me anymore though :)
    12. Joe Olsem 0
      That is almost terrifying. But fascinating at the same time. Cool pic!!! Welcome to Fishing Scout😊
    13. SoniaD 0
      @tunatoker8910 Thank you! I'm pretty impressed by how sweet that looks myself. There will be more to come from the microscope :)
    14. tunatoker8910 0
      Nice!
    15. SoniaD 0
      I never expected for these scales to look so cool, but I should post another photo of the pleco's underside skin under magnification as well. I'm on it!
    16. Swamp Mafia 0
      @txfisherman713 I've never looked at gar scales under magnification. I bet they are cool looking!
    17. SoniaD 0
      Thanks yall, there'll be more to come soon & I'll be getting hold of a gar for dissection/microscopy as soon as possible! My buddy Anne is on here too ...more & she actually got one last night but released it
    18. Chuck LaBruna 0
      Very cool indeed! Lookin forward to more. Welcome to FS!
    19. Txfisherman713 R 0
      Welcome to fs! @SwampMafia tgis is cool! i wonder what gar look like?
    20. fishonflyco 0
      Yep anytime
    21. SoniaD 0
      @fishonflyco Thanks! There will be much more to come :)
    22. fishonflyco 0
      That's awesome and welcome to fishing scout!
    23. SoniaD 0
      @WormDrowner thank you very much, that is much appreciated!
    24. Bruce Sachtleben 0
      Welcome to the scout and kudos for the most unique and unusually cool blert I have seen to date
    25. Bruce Sachtleben 0
      Welcome
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