Jeff Kopaska Featured on USFWS Fish of the Week! Podcast

Originating as a tribute to 150 years of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fisheries conservation in 2021, Season 1 followed co-hosts Katrina Liebich and Guy Eroh as they sought to get to know Alaska’s fishes. Seasons 2-6 follow up as a true audio almanac to #ALLTHEFISH: a week-by-week tour of interesting American ichthyofauna with guests from all walks of life. Listeners travel around America with the co-hosts and guests, getting to know fish big and small, common and rare, beautiful and downright strange. Listeners gain knowledge about how fish tick, including what they eat, where they live, how they move seasonally throughout our waters. Guests bring their perspectives about fish biology and fishing, and how fish are woven into foodwebs and the fabric of communities and cultures across America and beyond. The co-hosts bring their own excitement, knowledge and humor to help listeners walk away from each episode smiling and with practical information about how to live with, live from, discover and enjoy our amazing and valuable finned friends.

February 26, 2026 – S6 E8: Pumpkinseed: Find Your Happy Place

Get to know the Pumpkinseed, “perfect in all its parts, looking like a brilliant coin, fresh from the mint.” Learn what makes this fish tick, where to find it, how to catch it (in both open water and through the ice), and how fishing can take you to a happy place. Katrina and Guy are joined by Jeff Kopaska (Executive Director of the American Fisheries Society) and retired Minnesota fish biologist Mike McInerny.