{"id":17195,"date":"2013-07-18T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T14:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=17195"},"modified":"2013-07-18T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T14:49:27","slug":"man-fishing-for-bluegills-catches-shark-by-hand-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/man-fishing-for-bluegills-catches-shark-by-hand-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fishing for bluegills catches shark by hand instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is funny:<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/CBSMIN.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=627607;hostDomain=video.minneapolis.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=625;playerHeight=352;isShowIcon=true;clipId=9104461;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.MINN%252Fworldnowplayer%253Btag%253Ddl%253Btag%253Ddl%253B;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/video.minneapolis.cbslocal.com\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just so you know, he was not fishing for &#8220;bluegills&#8221; This is a <em>bluegill<\/em>:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17196\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\" \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2013\/07\/dscf8494-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"A nice bluegill\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17196\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nice bluegill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Bluegills live in fresh water and are like &#8220;sunfish&#8221; and &#8220;pumpkinseeds&#8221; and &#8220;crappies&#8221; etc. all of which are in the bass family.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bluefish<\/em> live in the ocean and roam along littoral regions in large schools.  This is what large bluefish look like:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2013\/07\/skip_leadingva_bluefish.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"skip_leadingva_bluefish\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17197\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, when one is fishing for bluefish, there is always the possibility of catching the fish that eats them, such as striped bass.  Like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2013\/07\/nantucket_elistriper.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"nantucket_elistriper\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17198\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The striped bass is not in the &#8220;bass family&#8221; referred to above.  Striped Bass are Moronidae, bluegills, largemouth bass, etc. are Centrarchidae.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, sometimes you catch a shark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is funny: Just so you know, he was not fishing for &#8220;bluegills&#8221; This is a bluegill: Bluegills live in fresh water and are like &#8220;sunfish&#8221; and &#8220;pumpkinseeds&#8221; and &#8220;crappies&#8221; etc. all of which are in the bass family. Bluefish live in the ocean and roam along littoral regions in large schools. 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