Episode 600 – Remembering Tom Neustrom, summer fishing with Tony Peterson, 2026 MN grouse survey
Tim Lesmeister and Rob Drieslein start the show remembering their
July 10, 2026
Are those online birding tips reliable? Check your sources in the AI age
I love how mainstream birding is these days. Thanks to the pandemic and the Merlin app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which identifies birds for you, more people than ever have access to birding information.
Merlin has the ability to identify birds by either asking you a series of questions, looking at your bird photo – even a bad one, or hear a sound and attempt an identification. It’s not 100% accurate, but it’s close. I tell people that Merlin is a good suggestion, but not a guarantee.
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WI Daily Update: A lure that works but doesn’t get used much anymore
There’s a lure that used to be popular for pulling
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New research vessel planned for trawling in Ohio
During Governor’s Fish Ohio Day in Port Clinton on June 25, Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife (DOW) Chief Kendra Wecker announced that the research vessel Grandon, stationed at Fairport Harbor, will be replaced. It was put into service in 1990.
The yet to be named new research vessel has a budget of $5 million, including design work, and will built by a yet to be determined shipyard.
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Steve Sarley: Tournament anglers have different styles – and tolerances
I still follow the comings and goings about the various professional fishing tournament trails. I have come to the realization that my tournament days have come to an end.
To be honest, my tournament days never really began. I have fished a number of bass and walleye tournaments as a co-angler. I have fished as a “celebrity” in some charity events. That is about the extent of my tournament career.
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Can lab genetics save American chestnut trees?
Prior to the 1900s, the American chestnut was widely considered the most valuable tree on the Pennsylvania landscape. Naturally rot-resistant, it was used to build barns, homes and expand the railway system.
Its nutritious mast fed animals and humans alike, and it was lauded as a keystone species across much of the Appalachian Mountain range. But when Chinese chestnuts were imported in the late 1800s, they brought with them a fungal pathogen that the American variety simply couldn’t survive.
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