Fish of the Week!

• Mahi-mahi (Dolphinfish)

  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, fishing and underwater viewing strategies, and how to contribute to our collective understanding of the movements and lives of these fish by participating in one of the world's largest fishermen-driven tagging programs. Our guest is Wess Merten: Director of Beyond Our Shores Foundation and its Dolphinfish Research Program. You might also like these episodes:S4:E41 - Sea Robin: Sustaining SeafoodS4:E2 - Swordfish: Lessons From SeaS3: E48 - Atlantic Tarpon: Silver KingS3:E23 - Red SnapperS3:E18 - Tuna: a Hawaiian PerspectiveS3:E3 - Opah: Warmest Fish in the Cold Blue Sea

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• River Chub Rockstar!

  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 into spawning mounds that benefit all kinds of other fish! This species and other chubs in the Nocomis genus are very important indeed. Guy and Katrina dig into this fish and recent fan mail.

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• Texas' Native Guadalupe Bass!

  Meet the official state fish of Texas and the gem of central Texas: the Guadalupe Bass! Native only to the clear, groundwater-influenced streams of the Texas Hill Country, this spunky fish is an amazing catch and will absolutely tear into your light tackle and crater your topwater. "If they want to eat your fly, there's nothing you can do to get it away from them. They will outrun it, they will eat it, and if they miss it, a lot of times they'll eat it again. They have a pretty bad attitude and I love that about them."Our Guest Chris Johnson from Living Waters Fly Fishing brings enthusiasm and passion for what the Texas Hill Country has to offer from a native fishing and place-based perspective. Come experience this special place and fish and while you're at it, get after your Hill Country double (Guadalupe Bass + Rio Grande Cichlid)!You might also like these episodes:S2:E31 Rio Grande (Texas) CichlidS2:E43 Beneath the City: North America's BlindcatsS3:E13 Mexican TetraS3:E49 Texas' Fountain Darter

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• Bluemask Darter!

  Get to know a fan favorite! Katrina and Guy visit with guests Bo Baxter and Derek Wheaton from Conservation Fisheries to understand the habits and history of this tiny cog and wheel in our amazing, beautiful world. You'll learn how and where to best visit with and photograph bluemask and related darters underwater...and how Conservation Fisheries raises and feeds (!) tiny millimeters-long "set-of-eyeballs" babies to adults. If you're a fish or aquarium enthusiast, or a nature photographer, you'll enjoy this week's discussion.

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• Lake Sturgeon: Michigan's Story

  Get to know the lunkers of the lake that also need free-flowing rivers...Lake Sturgeon! This episode takes Katrina and Guy to Michigan where they talk with guest Ed Baker from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Delve into the history of Lake Sturgeon in Michigan, learn what makes this fish so very cool, and explore what's being done to help them achieve the comeback they (and anglers) deserve.

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