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The Freshwater Drum (AKA "sheepshead") has a song to sing and a story to tell. Fishermen Drew Geving and Josh Knuth of Native Fish for Tomorrow recall their favorite memories of this accessible, widespread and sometimes underappreciated fish. Whether it's their strange sounds reverberating through your aluminum canoe, or their "lucky stones" or a tasty campfire fillet, we hope you get hooked (in a good way).

Meet the little Dolly Varden char that eke out their living in the perennial springs of Northeast Alaska. Here, these amazing freshwater oases hold the key to survival for fish. Randy Brown, a Fish Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Alex Huryn from the University of Alabama join as guests.

Amazon mollies are an all-female fish named after the tribe of warlike women in Greek mythology. However, the females do require sperm, so they do have to convince males of other related species to mate with them. What's in it for these males? How did this come to be?? Listen and find out with special guest Dr. Ingo Schlupp, Presidential Professor from the University of Oklahoma and Director of the International Stock Center of Livebearing Fishes.

Yellow Perch enthusiast Erin Huggins joins us to talk about "the people's fish" (it's a real beauty). We hope you're hungry and ready to hear about a Midwest tradition: the Friday fish fry!

You: minding your business. Lionfish: corners you with flamboyant fins, shoots a jet of water at your lateral line. You: discombobulated. Lionfish: strikes. You: toast. Lionfish: moves on to its next victim. We're celebrating the scientists, lionfish hunters, cooks and consumers doing their part to make a dent in the invasive lionfish situation. Learn all about this beautiful, venomous, invasive species with guests Rachel Bowman and Holden Harris.

Meet a serious player in the salt-marsh ecosystems of the Pacific coast! You'll find the Cali Killi migrating with the tides and feeding everything from Least Terns to California Halibut. Drew Talley from the University of San Diego helps shed light on a small but hugely important fish and what it's teaching us about California's remaining coastal wetlands.

Meet the only Centrarchid endemic to California! This underappreciated and intriguing game fish continues to swim under the radar in its native California. Guests Peter Moyle (UC Davis) and Max Fish (California Department of Fish and Wildlife) bring Sacramento Perch to the conversation about all the fish!

Looking sharp! Maybe the "razor" of this Colorado River fish serves as a keel. Or perhaps it deters another local fish (the Colorado Pikeminnow) from an easy meal. Whatever its purpose, we're a sucker for this big, long-lived, wetland-loving fish with the vermicelli-looking larvae. Our guest Tildon Jones joins from our Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program in Utah.

Taste the rainbow, or just enjoy its opportunistic and adventurous spirit! Learn the fate of a family of misfortunate shrews in Alaska; where rainbows fall on the fish family tree; and ponder why some members of the species get "called to sea."

This polka-dotted piscine anomaly is the only fish known to science capable of whole-body endothermy. Dr. Nick Wegner from our sister agency NOAA Fisheries joins us to discover the secrets of the amazing opah.

Get to know the largest member of the greenling family. Alaska Department of Fish and Game guests Donnie Arthur and Brittany Blain join Katrina and Guy to dive into the lifestyle of this large, aggressive marine fish.

As we reflect on bright spots from Season 2, we also cast our lines towards Season 3 and #AllTheFish we're excited to cover!

Usher in the new year with a popular, shiny-eyed North American fish and our very own take on the "Walleye Drop" (who needs a ball when you can have a big fish?).

How well do you REALLY know your goldfish? We have some real suprises for you! Christine Boston from Fisheries and Oceans Canada joins Katrina and Guy to talk about a common fish that's not just in our aquariums anymore.

Hi. Pallid Sturgeon here. Just been hanging out doing sturgeon things since before the dinosaurs went extinct...Migrating. Living a long time. Growing about as long as the average man is tall. Using my specialized snout to help me find food in murky waters...Get into the mind of this amazing fish with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams and our Missouri River Coordinator Wayne NelsonStastny.

Get to know the ornery little cousins of the Northern Pike and Musky: the pickerels!

Dried, boiled, or frozen with seal oil, the broad whitefish is a vital table fare here in Alaska. Ernest Nageak brings his Iñupiat perspective to the table, while Jason Leppi sheds light on some science surrounding this elusive, migratory fish.

Meet the linebacker of the suckers with the redonkulous peduncle...the musky of the Catostomids...papa papillose himself...THE BLUE SUCKER!! Guests T. David Ritter and Zach Shattuck from Montana join Katrina and Guy to peek into the life of this amazing fish.

Head to Prince of Wales Island, Alaska—a temperate rainforest where moss grows thick on giant trees and Sockeye Salmon are the "lifeblood" of this special place. Guests Quinn Aboudara and Andy Stevens bring their perspectives.

It's not a flute. That jawless mouth is not an embouchure hole and those aren’t finger holes either...they lead to gills. It's a Pacific Lamprey. First food. Medicine. Suction cup extraordinaire. Get to know the Pacific Lamprey with guests Kelly Coates (Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians) and Jeremy FiveCrows (Nez Perce Tribe).