Ohio’s swamp trout: One unique character - Farm and Dairy

Ohio’s swamp trout: One unique character - Farm and Dairy

I’ve never caught one. In fact, in all the years I spent working for the Division of Wildlife, I can’t say that I’ve ever seen one being landed. The fish isn’t that unusual in Ohio, but it does seem to be uncommon to most anglers — and it’s a bit of a weirdo. Some of the names that have been slapped across its gills include dogfish and mudfish. As if those aren’t bad enough, they’ve also been labeled as a grindel and a choupique, pronounced “sho…