Science and Conservation – BaitYourHook Blog

Life History of a Fish: Permit

I am the fish of the flats that is the ultimate test for an angler. I am permit.

Life History of a Fish: Summer Flounder

I am an ambush predator with excellent eyesight, a large mouth, sharp teeth, and enough speed to seize a baitfish that never realised the seabed was watching it. I am summer flounder.

Life History of a Fish: Walleye

Fishing 101 / Science and Conservation

I am the fish of the half-light. I am secretive, delicious, and not nearly as easy to catch as humans like to believe. I am walleye

Life History of a Fish: Crappie

Fishing 101 / Science and Conservation

I am a broad-backed panfish with a soft mouth, and a fine table reputation. I am the very definition of a springtime obsession. I am crappie.

Fishing 101: How Heat Changes Fish Behaviour and Tips for Summer Fishing

Fishing 101 / Science and Conservation

As summer water warms, fish shift depth, location, and feeding windows to balance temperature, oxygen, and prey. Here’s how to adapt and keep catching.

Life History of a Fish: Redfish (Red Drum)

Fishing 101 / Science and Conservation

I am bronze-backed, copper-sided, and strong-tailed. I am a tradition, an obsession, the fish that turns casual fishing into a lifelong disease. I am redfish.