by Andy Stevens If you’ve taken an evening stroll anywhere along the shore of Lake Mendota over the last week or so, you will likely have noticed large schools of translucent, pencil-like minnows darting about …
Fish Fry Day
Fishes of Wisconsin: Attack of the Clones
Happy Fish Fry Day! Once again fish is on the menu here at the CFL blog (and just about every restaurant in Wisconsin). Today we’re continuing the epic slog through all of the images on …
Fishes of Wisconsin: Help Us Prove That Bullhead Minnows Aren’t Boring
Happy Fish Fry Day, the weekly holiday where our fair state (always) puts fried fishes on the menu and we here at the CFL (sometimes) put fishes on the blog. Summer’s drawing to a close …
Giant, Fishy Poster = Happy Fish Fry Day!
We’re going to admit that we still favor the more life-like illustrations of the gigantic “Fishes of Wisconsin” folder but, well, you have to give props to biodiversity! Presenting the Freshwater Fish of America, perhaps …
Wisconsin’s Shrinking Panfish & New Fisheries Management Policy
Happy Fish Fry Day! Enjoy this post from the Long Term Ecological Research Network. by Terra Alpaugh Between 2013 and 2015, Andrew Rypel traveled the state of Wisconsin attending public meetings led by state and …
Fish Fry Day: Mapping the Movements of Migrating Fish
It’s a cold, overcast day at the end of March and Petrifying Springs Park is brown and leafless – still waiting on its spring greenery. Which means it’s a great day to find some fish here where Pike …
Fish Fry Day: Migratory Fishes Meet Social Media
If you live, well, pretty much anywhere in North America, you know that spring is springing early this year. And while that means ice-free lakes, blooming crocuses and the return of all sorts of birds, …
John Lyons to Tell Tales of Fishes of Wisconsin at Science on Tap
Next Wednesday, March 2nd, Wisconsin DNR “fish guru,” John Lyons will be at the Minocqua Brewing Company for Science on Tap-Minocqua, where he’ll talk about the “Wonderful World of Wisconsin Fishes.” (Can’t make it to …
Fish Fry Day: UW-Madison Students Visit Nevin Fish Hatchery
by Chelsey Blanke Last week, students in UW-Madison’s Ecology of Fishes lab course had the privilege of visiting WDNR’s Nevin Fish Hatchery, just a 15-minute drive from campus. Field trips are a major component of …
Fish Fry Day Redux: Video of Smallmouth Bass Begging for Samples
While you’d be right in accusing us of “mailing it in” in this week’s version of the “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge, we’ll make it up to you by presenting not one, but two cool underwater …