The photo comes from a bait station set up by Idaho Fish and Game, which is partnering on the research with Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. Note the black tufts on the tips of the ears ...

As you’d expect, The Bait Station carries live and frozen bait. Large shrimp, pinfish, pass crabs for tarpon and fiddler crabs when sheepshead run. For freshwater, they carry shiners ...