A fish story? Not much of a story, but here goes. Well, I'll have to explain a piece of equipment I made for the task, first. It's basically a strainer, it sort of funnels water over a piece of window-screening - I originally made it for catching mysids out of the waves, they just sort of sweep back and forth in the surf - if you've been to the coast you've probably seen them. It works great for catching fish too! The sculpins (no pics yet) are the easiest, just because there are so many of them. You just put the funnel screen on the sand, bury the front of it a little, so they don't realize that it's there, then scare them into it - works (almost) every time. The Greenling was more difficult because it's larger and a fast swimmer. I got it to hide in some algae, so it couldn't see me, then scooped the strainer up under it. The gunnel was caught the same way. Catching the fish is actually pretty easy, with a little experience, it's finding them that's difficult. Generally, if you just pick a spot and sit there for a really long time, you'll eventually see the fish you're looking for. I actually found the gunnel on accident, I was peeling an anemone off a rock (which was taking quite a while) and it just swam by. Another method for catching fish, if you don't have a strainer with you, is scaring them out of the water. Just make a "barricade" with your hands and push them up onto land. Often the fish don't cooperate (like, swim away) but it works sometimes.
Well, that wasn't much of a story at all, but it covers all the fish I've got in my tank. If something more exciting ever happens I'll let you know.
I'm leaving for a service trip in mexico tomorrow morning, and won't have internet access. I get back the 27th, so I'll talk to all you's then!
-Jamie