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Fishes of Wisconsin

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

Fish Fry Day: The Sad Demise and Hopeful Return of the Alligator Gar

Posted on November 4, 2016

Friday’s are when fish are on the menu both at Wisconsin restaurants and your trusty blog. Today, we’re taking a break from our “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge and mixing things up with a more “southern-fried” …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged alligator gar, Fishes of Wisconsin, fishing, Solomon David, World Fishing Network

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

Fishes of Wisconsin: School’s in Session for Brook Silversides

Posted on October 21, 2016

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 …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Andy Stevens, Brook silversides, Fishes of Wisconsin, John Magnuson, lter, NTL LTER

Fishes of Wisconsin: Attack of the Clones

Posted on September 16, 2016

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 …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged ancient fish, Finescale dace, fish hybrids, Fishes of Wisconsin, FIshes of Wisconsin poster, Redbelly dace

Fishes of Wisconsin: Help Us Prove That Bullhead Minnows Aren’t Boring

Posted on September 2, 2016

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 …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Center for Limnology, Fishes of Wisconsin, minnows

John Lyons to Tell Tales of Fishes of Wisconsin at Science on Tap

Posted on February 26, 2016

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 …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Fishes of Wisconsin, John Lyons, Minocqua Brewing Company, science on tap - minocqua, WDNR

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

“Fishes of Wisconsin” Challenge: A Tale of Two Sunfishes

Posted on September 4, 2015

It’s week 4 of the “Fishes of Wisconsin” challenge and we’ve got some drama unfolding right on the poster as, juxtaposed side-by-side are two species of sunfish with nearly polar-opposite trajectories. The first is also …

Posted in Fish, Fish Fry DayTagged Fish Fry Day, Fishes of Wisconsin, Longear sunfish, spotted sunfish, sunfish, threatened fishes
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