Either a sand or a mimic shiner. Abundant in this stretch of river. Caught near shallow mats of algae.
Kind of a weird technique. I used a Lil Corky as a float with a worm below the float. After failing to catch these for a few hours, I tried pitching at them while they were subsurface and actively filtering. I set my hook 3-5 in below the float. This worked, but I don't think the fish "ate" the worm, rather it just inhaled it because it was in its path / the suction from their filtration is strong.
This fish was given to another angler to eat.
I think all the blenny I caught were the same species. Caught on a small piece of Gulp during low tide.
Abundant in the area. Caught on a small piece of nightcrawler on a bottom rig. In spawning condition (note tubercles), but no spawning observed.
Abundant. Caught while sight fishing a school of actively feeding (and relatively aggressive) individuals. This specific fish actually chased down the bait. All photos are the same fish.
Thanks @pthendricks !
Caught in a shallow side channel surrounded by rosyface shiners.