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A fishing cat (Felis viverrina) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A fisherman in Bighorn Creek, part of the Kootenay River system.

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A black bear perches on a rock watching for fish in Clayoquot Sound.

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A teenage girl catches a fish out of a pond near Valparaiso, Nebraska.

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A father and son catch a fish out of a pond near Valparaiso, Nebraska.

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A brother and sister catch a channel catfish from a farm pond near Valparaiso, Nebraska.

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Locals carry bucket loads of tiny carpenter fish from Lake Albert.

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A local boy carries a bucket of Nile perch caught in Lake Albert.

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A teenage girl holds up her tiny catch, Loma, Nebraska.

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Two brothers with their son stop for a portrait before fishing, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A father and son inspect their catch, a large mouth bass, Valparaiso, Nebraska.

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A large mouth bass caught in a pond near Valparaiso, NE.

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A northern pike in Big Bird Lake near the town of Cross Lake, MN.

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A northern pike cought in Big Bird Lake near the town of Cross Lake, MN.

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A man fishing for northern pike on Big Bird Lake near the town of Cross Lake, MN.

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A teenage girl fishing for northern pike on Big Bird Lake near the town of Cross Lake, MN.

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A man releases a large mouth bass into a farm pond near, Valparaiso, Nebraska.

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A fishing village along the shore of Lake Albert, where locals have started sewing their mosquito netting together to literally strain the lake of the last of the fish here. All they’re getting are minnows at this point.

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At the fishing village of Kyehoro, local boys now catch what few fish remain. This lake used to be famous for its massive Nile perch, but sizes and stocks have dwindled due to massive overfishing.

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