I was fishing the Potomac River in Maryland between Mouth of Monocacy and Whites Ferry. While in one of the many shallow spots (3 to 5 ft.) I was looking for Smallmouth and I saw what appeared to be an 8" Pleco. It moved sideways and hugged the bottom. When it stopped I noticed that it spread it's fins out to it's side and clung to the bottom in a decent current. All the other fish around it didn't do that. They just hung in the current. I was just wondering has anybody in the Maryland area ever seen or caught one.

 

(it don't matter if the horse is blind.Just load the cart anyway!... John Madden Hall of Fame Coach) (NAFC LM) (NAHC LM) (NRA) ("Fred"Jefferson,MD)

Could it have been a Sculpin? http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/...tm#mottscu

I'm thinking sculpin also. The water there would be far too cold for a plecostomus to survive very long.

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I think you guys might be right. I just looked up Sculpins and found one called " Millers Thumb" it looks just like what I saw . Thank you both> I am gonn try and catch the next one I see.

 

(it don't matter if the horse is blind.Just load the cart anyway!... John Madden Hall of Fame Coach) (NAFC LM) (NAHC LM) (NRA) ("Fred"Jefferson,MD)

Sculpin are impossible to catch. I don't know why anyone would want to catch one either because they are bony fish that don't get more than 5 inches long.

I also have another suggestion. Maybe it was a goby?