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Cermele: Which Fish Best Represents Your State or Town?
By Joe Cermele
I'm not much of a sports guy, but there was a time when I followed the Florida Marlins and San Jose Sharks. Yes, even as a pre-teen I gravitated towards the fishy. I also rooted for the Miami Dolphins, though that was a stretch and by and large I'm turned off by marine mammals. Too smart. Too cute. While surfing the Net the other day I came across the website of the Toledo Walleye hockey team. I never knew they existed, and I realized that gamefish don't find themselves blazoned on jerseys too often.
I think that's because fish are "soft" compared to broncos, bears, and bulldogs. Bluefish are mean, but you kind of need to have some angling knowledge to get that. So I wonder how many Bridgeport, Connecticut, baseball fans really understand why their team shares a name with this line-cutting bait-ruiner. Walleyes? Well, sure they're predators, but I've caught many that hit with the daintiest tap and fought like a dish rag. Marlin are stellar gamefish, but they just as easily break your heart as make your day. If you're wondering why I'm not including the Tampa Bay Devil Rays here it's because nobody fishes for rays. They don't count.
So let's pretend your home state or town had a team that needed local gamefish representation. What would be the most fitting? As I'm from New Jersey, I guess we could go with the "Radio-Active Flounder" or perhaps the "Dull-Gray Stockers." Let's hear some. -- JC
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Comments (28)
We have a local baseball team called the Carolina Mudcats. Yes, mudcats. I've seen some big catfish, but they don't exactly inspire terror in anyone.
"The Fighting Muskies of Muskingum University!!!" Just down the road from where I live.
Another good one would be "Bronzeback Bombers".
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays no longer exist. They are now the Tampa Bay Rays, their symbol is actually a sun type sparkle so... not a fish. But aside from that, I don''t think that Shaftsbury has any notable fish, maybe brook trout.
Probably in OK we would have the Kingston Sandies. That's where they hold the Sand Bass Festival every year. Or the Red River Flatheads.... that seems fitting. From a local stand point then it would probably be the Lake Murray Grass Carps.... or the Lake Murray Drums.
It's true... No more Devil Rays. They have the "Sparkle" on their logo, I'm not convinced that that's the "ray" their named after. Tropicana Filed has a touch tank in the outfield that's filled with..... you guessed it..... RAYS! I think they're cownosed rays... not devil rays. And they have have changed it to more of a "sun ray", but that sucks... the Devil Rays are way cooler.
Theres gotta be a team out there that references the Barracuda? Or a shark of some sort?...... Those would be somewhat intimidating.
As for a local beast... "The Blazing Sunfish"
"The Crappie Slabs"
"The Raging Rainbows"
Ha...see how closely I follow sports? Devil Rays, Sun Rays. I had no idea. Still, when they were named after a fish it was a "junk fish."
Seems like there has to be a D.C. Bottomfeeders joke in there somewhere...
Joe -- I bought a Winnipeg Goldeyes t-shirt in Canada because I liked the mascot. They're a minor league baseball team, and the goldeye is a kind of herring-like fish that is caught commercially and smoked.
Phil- They smoke the goldeyes? How do they keep them lit?
The Steelheads are Boises hocky team. Although if our state house ever put together a softball team,Id suggest the Cutthroats.LOL...
That's cool John, but no steelhead in the logo? What gives?
Theres the Camden River sharks across the river from me in Jersey
Thats a real good question? Would It be in bad taste to say our wolves ate it? LOL.
South-Jersey Stripers seems appropriate. Suckers might be a close second though they're not actually indigenous to the area(the fish i mean). Most moved here from the Philly and NY suburbs.
Somebody's gotta come up with a dead fish mafia joke for this topic. But which city deserves to have a fish wrapped in newspaper as it's mascot? Hmmm?
the local hockey team where i live isnt named after a fish (the ice wolves) but after a win a frozen burbot is sometimes thrown on the ice
The Detroit Red Wings are known for octopi during the Stanley Cup series (8 legs for the 8 wins it used to take to win the cup). Ardent hockey fans throw them onto the ice, so they might prefer the octopus for Michigan. Hey, I know there are no optopuses in Michigan waters but we don't have any wolverines, either, and that doesn't seem to bother UofM.
Perhaps more rational would be the brown trout since this is where they were originally brought into the U.S., or the grayling, which were once prominent here. But, I think we have it right already with the brook trout, our current state fish.
What I can't figure is the elk and moose on our state flag instead of the whitetail.
The North Bangor NY Chubs
New Westminister Salmon Bellies (Lacrosse)
Lindsay Muskys (Hockey)
You forgot about the seaside whitefish.... (foating condom's for non dirty jerzeyers)
Houston Anglers, living at the bottom, fierce as cornered hog, and for some reason we don't have the sense to get rid of a leech like riding breeder ? Where are the INS Sharks ?
How about the Washington Blowfish?
countryroad, if you mean D.C., you've got a winner
Joe.
pleased to see you post the Toledo Walleye - since it's my current abode (for the last 10 years) prior to living near Philly.
By the way the spring walleye run is ramping up and when the river water hits 40 degrees, the fun begins. I caught my all-time largest walleye last spring, a 12 pounder. You shold consider a trip here in mid April when the larger females come into play.
Scott
We have a university called the Lakeland College Muskies
I have spent a couple of weekends driving up to Toledo for the walleye run. It has been a blast so far and am really looking forward to this next week with some warmer weather. However it will also bring larger crowds to fight for space to cast. The walleyes are def. in the river though.
And Mr. Cermele is right...they don't put up much of a fight, but there isn't any other species I rather throw in the fryer.
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We have a local baseball team called the Carolina Mudcats. Yes, mudcats. I've seen some big catfish, but they don't exactly inspire terror in anyone.
Seems like there has to be a D.C. Bottomfeeders joke in there somewhere...
Theres gotta be a team out there that references the Barracuda? Or a shark of some sort?...... Those would be somewhat intimidating.
As for a local beast... "The Blazing Sunfish"
"The Crappie Slabs"
"The Raging Rainbows"
You forgot about the seaside whitefish.... (foating condom's for non dirty jerzeyers)
How about the Washington Blowfish?
"The Fighting Muskies of Muskingum University!!!" Just down the road from where I live.
Another good one would be "Bronzeback Bombers".
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays no longer exist. They are now the Tampa Bay Rays, their symbol is actually a sun type sparkle so... not a fish. But aside from that, I don''t think that Shaftsbury has any notable fish, maybe brook trout.
Probably in OK we would have the Kingston Sandies. That's where they hold the Sand Bass Festival every year. Or the Red River Flatheads.... that seems fitting. From a local stand point then it would probably be the Lake Murray Grass Carps.... or the Lake Murray Drums.
It's true... No more Devil Rays. They have the "Sparkle" on their logo, I'm not convinced that that's the "ray" their named after. Tropicana Filed has a touch tank in the outfield that's filled with..... you guessed it..... RAYS! I think they're cownosed rays... not devil rays. And they have have changed it to more of a "sun ray", but that sucks... the Devil Rays are way cooler.
Ha...see how closely I follow sports? Devil Rays, Sun Rays. I had no idea. Still, when they were named after a fish it was a "junk fish."
Joe -- I bought a Winnipeg Goldeyes t-shirt in Canada because I liked the mascot. They're a minor league baseball team, and the goldeye is a kind of herring-like fish that is caught commercially and smoked.
Phil- They smoke the goldeyes? How do they keep them lit?
The Steelheads are Boises hocky team. Although if our state house ever put together a softball team,Id suggest the Cutthroats.LOL...
That's cool John, but no steelhead in the logo? What gives?
Theres the Camden River sharks across the river from me in Jersey
Thats a real good question? Would It be in bad taste to say our wolves ate it? LOL.
South-Jersey Stripers seems appropriate. Suckers might be a close second though they're not actually indigenous to the area(the fish i mean). Most moved here from the Philly and NY suburbs.
Somebody's gotta come up with a dead fish mafia joke for this topic. But which city deserves to have a fish wrapped in newspaper as it's mascot? Hmmm?
the local hockey team where i live isnt named after a fish (the ice wolves) but after a win a frozen burbot is sometimes thrown on the ice
The Detroit Red Wings are known for octopi during the Stanley Cup series (8 legs for the 8 wins it used to take to win the cup). Ardent hockey fans throw them onto the ice, so they might prefer the octopus for Michigan. Hey, I know there are no optopuses in Michigan waters but we don't have any wolverines, either, and that doesn't seem to bother UofM.
Perhaps more rational would be the brown trout since this is where they were originally brought into the U.S., or the grayling, which were once prominent here. But, I think we have it right already with the brook trout, our current state fish.
What I can't figure is the elk and moose on our state flag instead of the whitetail.
The North Bangor NY Chubs
New Westminister Salmon Bellies (Lacrosse)
Lindsay Muskys (Hockey)
Houston Anglers, living at the bottom, fierce as cornered hog, and for some reason we don't have the sense to get rid of a leech like riding breeder ? Where are the INS Sharks ?
countryroad, if you mean D.C., you've got a winner
Joe.
pleased to see you post the Toledo Walleye - since it's my current abode (for the last 10 years) prior to living near Philly.
By the way the spring walleye run is ramping up and when the river water hits 40 degrees, the fun begins. I caught my all-time largest walleye last spring, a 12 pounder. You shold consider a trip here in mid April when the larger females come into play.
Scott
We have a university called the Lakeland College Muskies
I have spent a couple of weekends driving up to Toledo for the walleye run. It has been a blast so far and am really looking forward to this next week with some warmer weather. However it will also bring larger crowds to fight for space to cast. The walleyes are def. in the river though.
And Mr. Cermele is right...they don't put up much of a fight, but there isn't any other species I rather throw in the fryer.
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