A Neat Idea

I added navigation structures to the end of every page. If you read all the way to the end of a long page ** you'll find all your navigation options waiting for you at the bottom. So you don't have to scroll all the way back to the top, although you always could do that with just one click.

The structure at the bottom is the most complete navigation 'node' of any; it makes use of all the screen space available in the main area. You can use it to pick your way from one page to the next through entire sections of the website, if you are so inclined.

I have about 3/4 of all the pages/subjects loaded into the new website, with the Dive Sites, Artificial Reefs, and Artifacts sections finished. I've slowed down a lot, but I'll get to the end eventually, and then this site will take over from the old one. This is so much easier to maintain than the old static PHP.

** Do people still read? Or just watch videos?


Eastern Pickerel

Esox niger

Size
to 39"

Eastern or 'Chain' pickerels are deep olive-green on the back, shading to a creamy yellow on the belly. Olive green blotches are present within distinct black chain-like or interwoven markings on the sides. There is a distinct dark, vertical bar below the eye. The cheek and gill covers are completely covered by scales. The underside of the lower jaw has 14-17 branchiostegal rays. There are no recognized subspecies. However, they hybridize readily with redfin pickerels. They are distantly related to trout and salmon.