Did you pet a mullet today?

Petting a mullet during a field trip to Baytown Nature Center.

The first mullet that the ninth-graders hauled in with a cast net was treated like a superstar.

The students posed for photos with the mullet and petted the mullet.

They also dropped the slimy mullet a lot. When it was released, the mullet probably had a headache.

Then more mullets, a speckled trout and pinfish were caught. Yet none of them got the celebrity treatment endured by the first mullet catch of the day.

This mullet got a lot of attention.

Picking up a mullet can be a challenge.

No one wanted to pick up the Pinfish when instructor Mike cautioned the students to beware of the fins.