Tag: spotted gar

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 year. How a species adapts when it’s at the tip of its range. By Solomon David – Winter is Coming. …

Fish Fry Day: Ancient Fish, Windy City

Posted on October 31, 2014

Last month, Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists on a routine patrol of the North Shore Channel, a straight as an arrow, concrete-lined tributary of the Chicago River, made a surprising find. They gave the water a jolt with their electrofishing equipment and, there, north of downtown Chicago and right downstream from a Red …