• White Sucker: Rodney Dangerfield of Fish
    Apr 22 2024

    Meet a very important native fish that gets no respect: the White Sucker! Turns out this fish is a total catch! Kids love 'em. Walleyes and muskies love 'em. Eagles love 'em. Otters love 'em. Fishermen and fisherwomen love 'em. Katrina and Guy are joined by guests Tyler Winter (Native Fish for Tomorrow) and Rick Bruesewitz (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources).

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    38 mins
  • Green Sunfish: Aggressive Big Mouth
    Apr 15 2024

    Meet big-gaped Green Sunfish! This beefy, bass-like sunfish is fun to catch and beautiful to behold. Learn about its habits, where it's found, how to catch it, where it fits in the fish family tree, and more.

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    28 mins
  • Key Cave's Alabama Cavefish!
    Apr 8 2024

    Put on your spelunking gear and get ready to head to Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alabama. Key Cave is the only place in the entire world where the bizarre-looking Alabama Cavefish is known to exist. By the time you finish listening you'll either be glad or jealous you didn't soil your pants sliding down gray bat guano to meet this amazing fish. We are joined by special guests Nick Wirwa with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bernie Kuhajda with the Tennessee Aquarium.

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    35 mins
  • The Unassuming Bony-eared Assfish!
    Mar 25 2024

    Meet a soft and flabby wonder with the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate and a name that's bound to stimulate conversation. Two guests deep dive into assfish territory with us: Peter Auster from Mystic Aquarium and the University of Connecticut, and Brittany Petersen from our National Conservation Training Center (and formerly with the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument).

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    32 mins
  • Fly Fishing for Shoal Bass
    Mar 18 2024

    You’ll be hooked when you meet this shoal habitat specialist and Apalachicola-Flint-Chattahoochee River native. Learn how to think like a shoalie, understand the importance of knowing its prey, and pursue it safely in class 3 rapids on foot or from a raft. Fly tier extraordinaire Fletcher Sams and Shoal Bass enthusiast Jay Shelton are our guests.

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    38 mins
  • Alaska's Capelin/Seabird Story
    Mar 11 2024

    Meet a cucumber-scented fish that feeds the masses and sometimes crashes. Our guests are Yumi Arimitsu with the USGS Alaska Science Center Seabird and Forage Fish Ecology Program and Seabird Biologist Robb Kaler with the Marine Birds Section of our Alaska Division of Migratory Bird Management.

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    34 mins
  • Truchas Mexicanas/Mexico's native trout
    Mar 4 2024

    Come on an adventure into high elevation and rugged terrain to find Mexico's diverse native trout. Illustrator and Mexican native trout enthusiast Joe Tomelleri takes us on a journey of discovery and art inspired by stunningly beautiful fishes.

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    36 mins
  • Invasive Carp
    Feb 26 2024

    Hey, you guys! One distinguishing feature of invasive carp is eye placement at or below the mouth opening. They also have a very particular set of skills that makes them so successful at outcompeting the native fish you love. Fish Biologists Mark Fritts and Tyler Gross join the conversation from our Lacrosse Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in Wisconsin and our Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office's Ohio River Substation in West Virginia.

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    35 mins