by Adam Hinterthuer – Walleye are a culturally and economically important species of game fish across the Midwest, and a species that is struggling to adapt to warmer lakes. As scientists, fisheries managers, Tribes and …
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Under Pressure: Study Finds that Fishing, Not Warming, is Currently Having a Greater Impact on Our Recreational Fisheries
By Adam Hinterthuer – A new study has found that, when it comes to our freshwater fisheries, recreational anglers currently have a greater impact on fish populations than climate change. And that may be good …
Tale of Two Fishes: Experiment Finds Wildly Different Outcomes for Cool-Water Species in Warming Waters
by Adam Hinterthuer – When Holly Embke was a graduate student at the UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology, she began an extremely labor-intensive research project – one that required catching and removing as many warm-water fishes …
Missed Connections: Walleye Struggle with Changes to the Timing of Spring Thaw
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/26/24 – Walleye are one of the most sought-after species in freshwater sport fishing, a delicacy on Midwestern menus and a critically important part of the culture of many Indigenous communities. They …
Social Fish-Tancing? Study Finds Big Bump in Fishing License Sales During First Year of COVID
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was quite a bit of buzz about what came to be called the “anthropause” or the idea that, as humans sheltered in place, Nature got to …
Resistance is (Sometimes) Futile: Study Says That, In Many Lakes, It’s Time to Accept Change and Plan for the Future of Fishing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – by Adam Hinterthuer As lakes across the upper Midwest warm, cool-water species of fish are finding it harder to thrive. In Wisconsin, that trend is especially noticeable in struggling walleye populations. …
Study Finds That, In Wisconsin, Eating Local Often Involves a Rod and Reel
Call it the “lake-to-table” movement. A new study in the journal Fisheries looked at the fish-harvesting habits of the million-plus anglers who annually fish Wisconsin lakes. What they found is that, armed with little more …
Like Counting Fish in a Barrel – eDNA Shows Promise in Estimating Sportfish Populations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Anglers often lament how hard it can be to land a fish for dinner, but the tougher job usually falls to fisheries managers, who have set sustainable catch limits for the fishes …
Cool Weather Means Clear Waters for Wisconsin Lakes
Most people think of green, algae-filled waters when talking about southern Wisconsin lakes. And, sure, these highly productive bodies are full of nutrients that run off from the landscape and feed huge algae blooms every …
Lights, Camera, Action! Fishing in the Dark
Trout Lake Station’s summer science communication intern, Bethany Prochnow, wasted no time getting out with a field crew. Read below to learn why she went fishing in the dark.