Sculpins seem to be hanging in there. Being very shallow critters up in the inlets they are likely more tolerant of fresh water. Having recently lost all our chickens to the voracious appetite of a transient Racoon, we have locked Loca in her habitat at night. We feel that her strength, tooth development and viciousness with prey are such that, on Aug. 8, we took the door off her habitat. The next morning she went out and down to the float where she spent the morning diving and playing about the floats.
Morning swim out and around shag rocks.
This translates into a little better than .5 knots. She is catching all her own out of the big tank now. The Stag Horn Sculpins are a lot larger on average than a couple of months ago. On their way out for a row, Kechura discovered a couple of wild otters hanging out under Mike's float house. Loca played around not paying any attention to the chirping from under the dock.