Fish > Sculpins
The Torrent Sculpin (Cottus rhotheus) is a tough, heavy-headed benthic fish built specifically to conquer the fastest, most violent whitewater rapids and rocky riffles of Pacific Northwest river systems. True to its name, this specialized sculpin uses an exceptionally...
Fish > Minnows
The Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), historically dubbed the ‘White Salmon of the Colorado,’ is a titanic, prehistoric apex predator that holds the title of the largest native minnow species in North America. Once growing to legendary lengths of...
Fish > Salmonids
The Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulterii) is a fascinating, diminutive salmonid and a true living relic of the Pleistocene ice age. Surviving in isolated, deep glacial lakes and cold mountain torrents across northwestern North America and Lake Superior, this miniature...
Fish > Salmonids
The Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi), proudly honored as the official state fish of Montana, is an iconic native salmonid that embodies the wild, unspoiled mountain waterways of the northern Rocky Mountains. Renowned for its brilliant...
Fish > Minnows & Carps
The Northern Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis), formerly known as the Columbia River Squawfish, is a massive, voracious predatory minnow native to the sprawling river basins of the Pacific Northwest. While most people think of minnows as tiny baitfish, this...
Fish > Salmonids
The Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) is an ecologically vital and historically iconic salmonid native to the icy, deep freshwater lakes of North America. Recognized for centuries as the premier commercial food fish of the Laurentian Great Lakes, this silvery,...
Fish > Salmonids
The Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) is a sleek, silvery native salmonid that teems in the cold, rushing rivers and deep alpine lakes of western North America. Often sharing boulder-strewn riffles with native cutthroat trout, this understated native fish is...
Fish > Salmonids
The Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is an aristocratic, cold-water char that reigns as the apex freshwater predator of northwestern North America’s pristine mountain rivers. Revered as the ultimate biological indicator of ecological purity—requiring...
Fish > Salmonids
The Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus), celebrated as the ‘Sailfish of the North,’ is an incomparably elegant cold-water sportfish native to the pristine tundra rivers of Alaska and northern Canada. Famous for its colossal, sail-like dorsal fin that...
Fish > Salmonids
Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) is an exquisitely beautiful, cold-water char native to the wild, glacier-fed rivers and coastal estuaries of the North Pacific Rim. Named after the colorful, polka-dotted dress worn by the Charles Dickens character Dolly Varden, this...
