WALKER CREEK NEAR SARASOTA FL
WALKER CREEK FL USGS
WALKER CREEK NEAR SARASOTA FL (02299861) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the WALKER CREEK in FL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 68 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02299861
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 27.3678, -82.5443
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyWalker Creek Near Sarasota Fl has 68 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Scrawled Cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis), Orange Filefish (Aluterus schoepfii), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), and 63 others.
- Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis
- Orange Filefish Aluterus schoepfii
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Grey Triggerfish Balistes capriscus
- Frillfin Goby Bathygobius soporator
- Blue Runner Caranx crysos
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Horse-Eye Jack Caranx latus
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber
- Florida Blenny Chasmodes saburrae
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Irish Pompano Diapterus auratus
- Silver Porgy Diplodus caudimacula
- Spottail Seabream Diplodus holbrookii
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Silver Jenny Eucinostomus gula
- Tidewater Mojarra Eucinostomus harengulus
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Longnose Killifish Fundulus similis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Yellowfin Mojarra Gerres cinereus
- Twoscale Goby Gobiosoma longipala
- Code Goby Gobiosoma robustum
- Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus
- Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei
- Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
- Southern Kingfish Menticirrhus americanus
- Clown Goby Microgobius gulosus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis
- Speckled Worm Eel Myrophis punctatus
- Polka-Dot Batfish Ogcocephalus cubifrons
- Leather Jack Oligoplites saurus
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Gulf Flounder Paralichthys albigutta
- Red-Bellied Pacu Piaractus brachypomus
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Blackchin Tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- King Mackerel Scomberomorus cavalla
- Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Bandtail Puffer Sphoeroides spengleri
- Redfin Needlefish Strongylura notata
- Gulf Pipefish Syngnathus scovelli
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Blue Tilapia, Nile Tilapia). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 68 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Dec 8, 2025 – Aug 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records