Fish guide prioritized for North America.
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Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) is a large North American catfish that lives in big rivers, reservoirs, and deep holes with cover. It is a nocturnal ambush predator that mainly eats live fish, making it a prized big-fish target.
Flier
Centrarchus macropterus
The flier is a small North American sunfish with a very deep body and a dark spot at the rear of the dorsal fin. It is a warmwater, freshwater species common in vegetated ponds, swamps, and slow streams, and is a minor angling fish rather than a major game species.
Florida Bass
Micropterus salmoides
Florida Bass is a largemouth bass subspecies native to peninsular Florida, widely stocked and introduced elsewhere. It is a warmwater ambush predator that favors vegetated, slow-moving freshwater and is prized by anglers for its size potential and aggressive strikes.
Florida Gar
Lepisosteus platyrhincus
Florida Gar is a native southeastern U.S. gar found mainly in sluggish freshwater rivers, lakes, canals, and swamps. It has a broad snout, heavy armor-like scales, and a row of sharp teeth for ambush feeding on fish and crustaceans.
Freshwater Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
Freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) is a South American cichlid popular in aquaria, with wild forms from the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo basins. It is a laterally compressed, tall-bodied fish that glides through calm vegetated waters and is rarely a targeted angling species.
Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) is a large North American sciaenid found in rivers, reservoirs, and big lakes. It is named for the croaking or drumming sound it makes and is one of the most widespread freshwater gamefish in the Mississippi, Great Lakes, and Ohio drainages.
Giant Snakehead
Channa micropeltes
Giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes) is a large predatory freshwater snakehead from Southeast Asia, notorious for rapid growth and aggressive strikes. Juveniles often travel in schools, while adults become solitary ambush hunters in warm, sluggish waters.
Golden Dorado
Salminus brasiliensis
Golden dorado is a large, toothy South American characiform prized as a hard-fighting predator in warm river systems. It hunts aggressively in current and often ambushes prey around structure, drop-offs, and riffles.
Golden Perch
Macquaria ambigua
Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) is a widespread Australian freshwater native prized by anglers and common in inland rivers and impoundments. It moves with flows, forms schools, and feeds heavily on aquatic insects, shrimp, yabbies, and small fish.
Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
The Golden Redhorse is a large North American sucker with a bronze-gold body and red tail and fins. It lives in clear to moderately turbid rivers and larger streams, where it uses a downturned mouth to feed on bottom invertebrates.
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Golden Shiner is a small, deep-bodied North American minnow commonly used as live bait. It favors warm, quiet waters and often moves in tight schools near vegetation and cover.
Golden Topminnow
Fundulus chrysotus
Golden Topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus) is a small North American killifish of shallow vegetated waters in the Southeast, where it often schools near the surface. It is not a common sport fish; most anglers encounter it incidentally while minnowing for larger species.