Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii), inhabit the inshore waters of the Pacific Ocean from California to Alaska. Pacific herring are a small fish that reaches sizes about 9 inches sometimes larger. Herring are shiny fish with bluish green colouration on their backs and shiny silver sides and bellies. Herring travel in large schools. Pacific Herring spawn … Read more
The sauger Sander canadensis is a freshwater fish that close resembles a walleye. They are the most migratory perchlike species in North America. They can be distinguished from walleyes by the distinctly spotted dorsal fin, by the lack of a white splotch on the tail fin and by the rough skin over their gillplate, and … Read more
Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a member of the sunfish family. The smallmouth as it is called is a very popular game fish. The smallmouth bass is a closely related to the largemouth bass but prefers cooler water temps although their ranges overlap significantly. The smallmouth bass is generally brownish with red eyes, and darker … Read more
Red Porgy (Pagrus pagrus) are found in the Atlantic Ocean and ranges from New York to Argentina. It is also found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Smaller red porgys are commonly found in shallower waters but the adults prefer deeper waters. The feed on a variety of invertibrates and are commercially harvested. The … Read more
Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus) also go by other names such as longear and redbelly sunfish or bream. The redbreast sunfish is probably the most abundant sunfish in the Eastern U.S. in the states bordering the Atlantic. The extend their range West to Texas but also become far less frequently caught the farther west you go. … Read more
Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) reach a maximum size of 450 pounds. Yellowfin have football shaped bodies, dark blue or black above with yellow on the sides and fins tinged in yellow with the finlets yellow. Yellowfin occur in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Yellowfin Tuna are schooling fish and are the most important commercially of … Read more
Seminole Killifish (Fundulus seminolis) are a minnow found in Florida from Lake Okeechobee on north almost to Georgia but also absent from the western part of the state. They can be found in lakes and the quiet pools of streams. Coloration is variable going from mostly pale, to speckled like in this photo to occasionally … Read more
Rio Grande Perch also known as the ‘Texas Cichlid’ are fairly easy to identify because they have turquoise colored spots on a very dark to light olive and can look very similiar to convict cichlids. Some of the younger or lighter specimens will have five dark bars. Rio Grande Perch have dorsal and anal fins … Read more
The shadow bass (Ambloplites ariommus) is a rarely caught sunfish. They are native to Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Georgia but or now where very common. Like most sunfish the Shadow Bass is small usually well under a pound in size. They inhabit stream and river with good amounts of vegetation.
Black Drum (Pogonias cromis) reach a maximum size of just over 100 pounds but the “bulls” usually range in the 25 to 40 pound range. They have deep bodies with 4 or 5 broad black bars on there sides. They look very similiar to sheephead but get much larger. They also have barbel around the … Read more