Northern Pike (Esox lucius)

Malevolent-looking and spear shaped, the northern pike is the namesake member of the Esocidae family of pike. It is a worthy angling quar...

Grass and Redfin Pickerel

The grass pickerel and the redfin pickerel are two nearly identical subspecies of Esox americanus, differing only slightly in range. Bec...

Chain Pickerel (Esox niger)

This member of the Esocidae family of pike is a lean, sporting, evil-eyed bandit, yet it is virtually neglected by most nonwinter anglers...

Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)

The most widely distributed member of the Percidae family, the yellow perch is one of the best loved and most pursued of all freshwater fi...

White Perch (Morone americana)

White perch are abundant in some places, rare in others, similar enough to other species to be misidentified, and underappreciated as table ...

Paddlefish

Members of the primitive Polyodontidae family of bony fish, paddlefish are distant relatives of sturgeon, whose closest living relatives ar...

Tiger Muskellunge

A member of the Esocidae family, the tiger muskellunge is a distinctively marked hybrid fish produced when true muskellunge (E. masquinon...

Muskellunge

The muskellunge is the largest member of the Esocidae family of pike. Its name is derived from the native Indian word maskinonge, which h...

Mullet

Mullet belong to the Mugilidae family, a group of roughly 70 species whose members range worldwide in shallow, warm seas. A few species l...

Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis affinis)

The mosquitofish is a member of the large Poeciliidae family of livebearers, which is closely related to killifish or cyprinodonts, diffe...