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I've seen people say fishing spiders really don't live long but ive had my fishing spider, Pebble, for nearly a year and she's still not even mature.

Here are some photos from this morning

I am almost 100% certain she is an immature dark fishing spider (dolomedes tenebrosus) which get very large so she still has a lot of growing to do.

My late dark fishing spider, River, was super large (she is actually my profile picture)

Sometime in the next few months I am going to build a large enclosure for Pebble to continue to grow in.

When I originally brought her home she was much smaller and has moved enclosures several times

(this is how I learned top opening enclosures simply do not work for me when it comes to arboreal spiders)

Originally I was going to put her into one of my spare 6.5 gallons (which are kind of ugly since they are old and scratched up) but I thought it would be good to build an enclosure that is suited more for arboreal spiders that may sit near the top of the enclosure so that is why I decided I would rather build her one over the next few months

I am excited to see Pebble continue to grow and move into her new enclosure once I build it