Fish have the same five major senses as you—sight, smell, scent, taste and touch—although they’re a bit different, adapted for use underwater. Fish use their combined input to locate food and...View article
While fish share many of the same basic organs as you and I, they do have some unique attributes.Cold-Blooded—To begin, fish don’t maintain a higher body temperature...View article
Sauger have such light-sensitive eyes that they not only prefer deep, murky environments, but also actually avoid shallower, clearer water, except perhaps during low-light periods. Their tubular-shaped...View article
If walleyes are the gilded kings of clear to stained-water rivers and reservoirs, then saugers, their closely related cousins, perhaps are royal family of the down and dirty variety. Common in warmer...View article
So you want to get that big bass mounted. What’ll it be—a traditional skin mount, a fiberglass replica mount, a habitat mount, or perhaps something more artistic? There are more choices available...View article
What do you get when you mix a walleye's penchant for growing big with a sauger's fondness for dirty water? The saugeye--a hybrid created by crossing a female walleye with a male sauger. Often confused...View article
Sauger are common in many riverine environments throughout the natural and extended range of their larger cousin, the walleye. Unlike walleye, however, sauger often are ignored. Worse, they're sometimes...View article
Without oxygen, life ends. Just ask the minnows panting in your bucket or those belly-up bass in the harbor after a tournament. Our own need for oxygen is painfully evident if we go without it for even...View article
In the fish markets in Italy, truly local seafood is labeled nostrani "ours." The idea is to make this hearty, delicious chowder using the best of your own local ingredients, given the season, what...View article
Opal eyes course through a blue-green world on the border of light penetration. Rising over the edge of a precipice on the last major break leading into the benthic depths, walleyes surge into schools...View article
