Podcast Episodes

Virginia's Walleye/Sauger Hybrid: Saugeye!

Season 6 Episode 5

Get to know the Saugeye! You'll get extensive tips how to angle for this fish, how it tastes, and what goes into producing this hybrid for fun fishin…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Big-Shouldered Piebald Madtom

Season 6 Episode 4

Get to know a notoriously difficult-to-detect Noturus species: the Piebald Madtom! Matt Wagner, a biologist from our Mississippi Ecological Services …

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Broad Whitefish: Alaska's Chunkiest Coregonid

Season 6 Episode 3

Tune in this week as Katrina and Guy head to Alaska's Kuskokwim River! U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guests Frank Harris and Aaron Moses describe th…

5 months ago

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Trout-Perch! Surprise...It's Neither!

Season 6 Episode 2

Get to know the Trout-Perch, an understudied yet important forage fish that makes its living across a large swath of North America! Katrina and Guy a…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Season 6: Celebrate America's Fish!

Season 6 Episode 1

Co-hosts Katrina and Guy reflect on the past five seasons and take a sneak peek into season 6. Learn which 25 American fish top their lists and their…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Gone Fishing Due to Government Shutdown

Season 5 Episode 39

Fish of the Week will resume once appropriations funding is approved by Congress and the Government returns to normal operation.

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hawaii's 'O'opu Gobies!

Season 5 Episode 38

Get to know 'o'opu nākea, 'o'opu 'alamo'o, ‘o’opu nopili, ‘o’opu naniha, and ‘o’opu ‘akupa! From scaling waterfalls to farming algae, Hawaii’s native…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Round Goby!

Season 5 Episode 37

Get to know the invasive Round Goby! You'll learn about the history of this fish in the Great Lakes, their impacts, and how to tell them apart from n…

9 months ago

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Mahi-mahi (Dolphinfish)

Season 5 Episode 36

Per listener request, get to know the fish so nice they named it twice! In this episode you'll learn about their fascinating coloration and behavior,…

9 months, 1 week ago

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River Chub Rockstar!

Season 5 Episode 35

Meet a rockstar of a fish who develops a big pink head adorned with tubercles during the spawning season. Not only that, it moves thousands of rocks …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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