Fish species – BaitYourHook Blog

Life History of a Fish: Smallmouth Bass

I am the bronze shadow lurking along the river seams, the high-energy acrobat of clear, rocky lakes, and the undisputed heavyweight pound-for-pound fighter of cold freshwater currents.

Life History of a Fish: Permit

Fishing 101 / Science and Conservation

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

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.

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.

Life History of a Fish: Goliath Grouper

Fishing 101 / Science and Conservation

I am one of the most charismatic and well-known, massive and scary, fish in the world. I am Goliath grouper