Get to know the peacock basses! By the end of this episode you'll be familiar with the different species, their savage feeding habits and habitat preferences, and how to put that knowledge to use for fishing in South America or south Florida. Our guest, Dr. Kirk Winemiller, professor at Texas A&M University, brings a huge wealth of knowledge about peacock bass ecology, diversity, and behavior.
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California Golden Trout!
Come to the southern Sierra Nevada mountains with Katrina and Guy to learn about the fish that some consider the most beautiful of all trouts: the California Golden Trout. You might also like these trout episodes:S5:E9 Greenback Cutthroat TroutS4:E45 Redband TroutS4:E42 Apache TroutS4:E10 Mexico's Native TroutS1:E49 Bull TroutS1:E35 Gila TroutLearn more:Spiciest Trout in the West (cutthroats) https://www.fws.gov/story/spiciest-trout-westWestern Native Trout Initiative https://westernnativetrout.org/
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Guzmán Beautiful Shiner & Chihuahua Chub!
We've got two fish, four guests, and one closed basin for you this week! Get to know a couple of New Mexico's special fishes and the place they call home. Our guests are Jill Wick with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Serena Kucera with our NM Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Robert Prather with our NM Ecological Services Field Office, and Tracy Diver from our Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center. You might also like: Gila Trout: New Mexico's Sunset Fish (S1:E35)
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The Most Underestimated Least Chub!
It may not be the "most" chub, but this unique native fish has a lot to offer! Kaitlyn Purington and Chance Broderius from the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife Resources offer a state perspective on the public value of the very cool Least Chub. Like chubs? You might like these episodes:S3:E51 Bonytail ChubS2:E7 Bluehead ChubS2:E6 Humpback ChubS1:E47 Lake Chub
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Florida's Remarkable Opossum Pipefish!
Granddaddy Opossum Pipefish rolls in wearing burnt sienna and looking like a wet stick. Time to go explore Florida and get to know this remarkable native fish! Fish Biologist Eddie Perri with our Peninsular Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office is going to get you pumped about this straightened-out seahorse relative, the Opossum Pipefish.Read more: https://www.fws.gov/story/floridas-remarkable-opossum-pipefishLearn more about seahorses in S4:E25
Fish enthusiasts Katrina Liebich and Guy Eroh journey across America on a quest to live with, live from, discover and enjoy ALL THE FISH: big and small, common and rare, beautiful and downright strange. Guests from all walks of life help dig into the latest science and bring their perspectives about fishing and how fish are woven into the fabric of communities and cultures. Listeners walk away from each episode with practical information about how to connect with and conserve our amazing, finned friends.
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