# @usfws on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWg47JGmfic
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62679157-usfws-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-30T15:38:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@usfws) — https://gondola.cc/usfws

## Caption

Get to know the American Star Drum: an abundant, silvery little bulldog-faced fish that feeds everything from popular sportfish to beloved birds and dolphins! ✨🥁🐟 This fish is this week's star of our podcast "Fish of the Week!"

Co-hosts Katrina and Guy are joined by two Georgia-based guests: Rachel Guy with the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve/Georgia DNR and Bryan Fluech with the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. You'll learn about the biology of this fish and other lesser-known drums, the key role of estuaries, the Estuarine Fish Monitoring Cooperative, and coastal Georgia's fish/crustacean ID tool "What's My Bait." 🐟

Catch new episodes every Monday on our FWS website or wherever you get your podcasts (e.g., Apple podcasts). 🎣

American Star Drum📷 Vince Golder CC BY-NC 4.0
A saltmarsh with smooth cordgrass in Doboy Sound near Sapelo Island. 📷 Bryan Fluech/Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant 

#AllTheFish #Estuary #EstuaryFishing gacoast.uga sapelonerr

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estuaryfishing, allthefish, estuary

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