Engbretson Underwater Photography licenses professional stock photography for editorial, publishing, advertising, corporate, and other uses. Our specialty is freshwater game fish native to North America. We have an image library of thousands of pictures of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, musky, panfish (perch, crappie, bluegill), catfish, trout, salmon and many other species. Many of our images can be viewed right here in our on-line galleries. Please call or e-mail with your questions or specific photo needs.

OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS:

 Engbretson Underwater Photography is proud to also represent the selected images of underwater photographers Paul Vecsei of the Northwest Territories, Isaac Szabo from Arkansas, Christopher Morey from Michigan and Roger Peterson of Maple Grove, MN.

• Paul Vecsei has a background in fisheries science and his underwater photos of cold water fish are exceptional. His pictures of lake whitefish, lake trout and cisco are without a doubt the finest images ever made of these species in their natural habitat. 
• Isaac Szabo is a very talented and patient shooter who beautifully photographs native fish and other aquatic life of the Ozarks region. 
• Christopher Morey is an accomplished free-diver who's uniquely able to sneak up on fish and photograph them at close range.
• Roger Peterson has been taking underwater images for 40 years and was one of the first to make the natural freshwater environment come to life through photos.            

Unlike many of our native animals, we rarely see fish in their natural state.  We can go outside and observe birds, deer, squirrels and other wildlife going about their day and doing the things animals do:  Eating, mating, and raising their young.  But fish live in a world that’s largely invisible to us, so when we do see them, it’s usually when they’re far removed from their natural environment and behavior.

Because we usually only see fish at the end of our fishing lines or on our dinner plates, we tend to view fish only for the utilitarian value they offer to us instead of appreciating them for their ecological and intrinsic value.

Our photography shows what fish really look like in their natural habitat, celebrating the aquatic world by showing the inherent natural beauty of freshwater fish and the uniqueness of the freshwater environments where they live.