Category: Fish Biology

Scientific Name: Perca flavescens Common Name: Yellow Perch Nick Names:  Tiger Perch, Ring Perch, Slough Tiger Description Yellow perch have a shorter, more bulky build especially when conditions are right. They are known for their dark, vertical, tiger-like stripes and their bright orange pelvic fins.  These panfish have a very aggressive nature which is why […]

Scientific Name: Sander vitreus Family: Percidae Common Name: Walleye Nick Names: White-tip, Marble Eyes, Grass Pike, Gum Pike, Walter etc Description Walleye have a long, slender body.  They are famous for their white-tipped tail, but also are known for their tapetum lucidum.  This is a part of the eye that is designed to capture all […]

Sauger, Sander canadensis, have a fusiform, torpedo-shaped body and are green to grayish-brown in color with darker splotches on their body and a white belly. Coloration of these fish may change depending on the water and turbidity. They have spots on their dorsal fins. The first dorsal fin is spiny and the one behind it […]

I previously did a paper on bluegills and in there I mentioned catch and release on big male bluegills due to reproduction habits.  Bluegills have a different style of reproduction than the majority of fish species.  To keep the good genetics in the system, it is good to practice some catch-and-release especially on the bigger […]