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Sea-run Brown Trout Fishing in the land of Vikings Iceland offers some of the finest sea-run brown trout fishing in the world in historic, picturesque locations that will give fly anglers an experience of a lifetime. Renowned for its striking beauty and unique landscape, much of this region was carved out by one of the (more…)

Size Matters! If you like your rainbow trout BIG, fat, long and strong, with shoulders, the kind of fish that you could saddle and ride – then Lago Strobel Lodge is the place. Lago Strobel Lodge on Jurassic Lake, Argentina, is the brand new sister lodge to Estancia Laguna Verde. Located on the remote northern (more…)

The green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) is the largest species of parrotfish, growing to lengths of 1.5 m (4.9 ft) and weighing up to 75 kg (165 lb). It is found on reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea in the west to Samoa in the east, and from the Yaeyama (more…)

The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish, Napoleonfish, so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands. The humphead wrasse is the largest (more…)

The Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. Its distribution is Circumpolar North. It spawns in freshwater and populations can be lacustrine, riverine, or anadromous, where they return from the ocean to their fresh water birth rivers to spawn. No (more…)

The Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma) is a species of salmonid fish native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. It belongs to the genus Salvelinus, or true chars, which includes 51 recognized species, the most prominent being the brook, lake and bull trout, as well as Arctic char. Although (more…)

The mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. The mutton snapper is a predatory species which changes its diet during its life cycle. The larvae feed on plankton near the surface of the sea, when they (more…)

The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, and gray trout. In Lake Superior, it can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbelly and lean. The lake trout is prized both as a (more…)

The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae.  However, there are at least five extinct genera from the Cretaceous. The repeating scientific name (tautonym) is from Greek khanos (χάνος ‘mouth’). The milkfish can grow to 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in), but are most often no more than 1 m (more…)

The coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or “silvers”. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч). During their ocean phase, coho salmon have (more…)