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Fish Fry Day

Happy Valentine’s Day to the Fish That Builds Walls – For Love.

Posted on February 14, 2019

Happy Valentine’s Day! Considering we’re still talking about a certain wall two years after we first published this, we thought it was time to reshare the tale of a fish that builds walls – for …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged aquatic ecology, build a wall, Fish Fry Day, spawning, ValentinesASpecies

Golden Gophers Worried About Golden Shiners

Posted on May 12, 2017

Happy Fish Fry Day, everyone! Restaurants across Wisconsin are battering up bluegill, perch and walleye (and, yes, even cod) and featuring fish as the daily special and so are we. As we work our way …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry Day, Invasive SpeciesTagged aquaculture, Fish Fry Day, Golden shiner, invasive species, Minnesota DNR

Fish Fry Day: “Save Yourselves!” Fish Under Attack Sound The Alarm to Others

Posted on March 10, 2017

Happy Fish Fry Day folks! You’ll find perch and walleye specials at our fair state’s eateries today, but here on the blog we’ve got a tiny little martyr on the menu – the blacknose shiner. …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged blacknose shiner, fish alarm cues, Fish Fry Day, Virginia Hughes, Wisconsin fishes

Fishes of Wisconsin: Gar of Thrones

Posted on December 16, 2016

Winter’s not coming, it’s here, so it’s a perfect time to introduce the next fish on our Fishes of Wisconsin odyssey – the spotted gar. Former CFL post-doc, Solomon David, shared this post from last …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Fish Fry Day, Fishes of Wisconsin, Solomon David, spotted gar

Fishes of Wisconsin, Halloween Edition: Pirate Perch

Posted on October 28, 2016

Happy Fish Fry Day! Once again fish is on the menu here in Wisconsin and on our mind at the CFL blog. We’ve been working our way through the 13-foot-long “Fishes of Wisconsin” poster to …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Center for Limnology, Fish Fry Day, Fishes of Wisconsin, pirate party, pirate perch, William Resetarits

Giant, Fishy Poster = Happy Fish Fry Day!

Posted on August 26, 2016

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 …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Fish Fry Day, fish poster, fishes of america, freshwater fish, pop chart labs

Fish Fry Day Redux: Video of Smallmouth Bass Begging for Samples

Posted on February 12, 2016

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 …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Center for Limnology, Fish Fry Day, fishing, Gretchen Hansen, smallmouth bass, Vilas County, Wisconsin

Art Hasler, Bluntnose Minnows and How Salmon Get Back Home

Posted on February 5, 2016

Happy Fish Fry Day! It’s the day that, like restaurants across Wisconsin, we put fish on our menu. Today’s main course – bluntnose minnows. As we tackle the “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge, striving to write …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry Day, Hasler LabTagged Art Hasler, Center for Limnology, Fish Fry Day, Karl von Frisch, Salmon homing

Fishes of Wisconsin: Louis Agassiz & the Mississippi Silvery Minnow

Posted on January 22, 2016

Last year we launched an overly ambitious project here on the blog – post each week about one of the 183 species on the epic “FIshes of Wisconsin” poster. That proved easier said than done, …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Fish Fry Day, Fishes of Wisconsin, Louis Agassiz, minnow, Mississippi silvery minnow

“Fishes of Wisconsin” Challenge: “Shooting Docks” for Crappie

Posted on September 25, 2015

Fish Fry Day is when we put fish on our blog and the state of Wisconsin puts them on the menu. This week we continue our “Fishes of Wisconsin” journey. 8 down, only 175 to …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged crappie, Fish Fry Day, Fishes of Wisconsin, shooting docks
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