Wildlife agency says silver carp reported in East Tennessee
An angler told the agency a silver carp jumped into his boat as he deployed a trolling motor.
Fish
Jim Beam fined in massive bourbon spill that killed fish
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources found dead fish along 62 miles of Glenns Creek and the Kentucky River.VERSAILLES, Ky. — Jim Beam was fined $600,000 earlier this month after a July warehouse fire sent a nearly 23-mile plume of alcohol into the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, killing fish. The distiller agreed to the fine in a Dec….
Dredging effort planned to benefit fish habitat on Lake Superior harbor
Copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important whitefish, lake trout spawning area.
Vendors scramble as fresh perch supply shrinks
Because Great Lakes perch is so hard to come by, some businesses are turning to European perch, or Zander, he said, which comes from Poland and other areas in Europe with bodies of fresh water. The fish comes to the U.S. frozen and is not as tasty as yellow perch.
Testing shows Minnesota fish is oldest ever taken
Radiocarbon dating verified that the female bigmouth buffalo fish taken from Crystal Lake near Pelican Rapids in Otter Tail County last summer was 112.
‘I’ve been bitten! It was a lot of pain’
Boy says fish bite him while he was water-skiing in Fox Lake.
Hatchery comes up big for North Dakota walleye stocking
Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently finished stocking more than 140 lakes across the state with walleye fingerlings, completing one of the largest stocking efforts in the history of the agency.
Fishermen removing Asian carp by the thousands from dam
Some of the invasive fish reportedly from 20 to 30 pounds.
DEC: 139-pound sturgeon caught in Oneida Lake is largest since stocking began
Fish caught, tagged, and released is likely one of 320 juvenile sturgeon stocked in 1999 as part of DEC’s Lake Sturgeon Recovery Program.
First report of bighead carp in North Dakota waters
The invasive was verified in the James River near LaMoure.
World-record muskie? It’s reportedly back out there, in Mille Lacs
Muskie measuring 61-1/2 inches boated and released by Mille Lacs Band DNR biologists.
Officials: Asian carp DNA found near Lake Michigan
But a follow-up search turned up none of the invasive fish.
Study links Mille Lacs walleye decline to water clarity
In recent decades, Mille Lacs’ water clarity has increased, most likely due to septic system improvements around the lake and the invasion of zebra mussels, which are filter feeders that strain out microscopic algae.
Annual spring fish and wildlife hearings questions, results
For voting results regarding 2019 Wisconsin DNR fish and game proposed rule changes, click here. Total participants were 10,712, including 7,310 who participated online – an option that was offered for the first time in the 2019 annual spring fish and wildlife hearings, held across the state April 8. For related stories, see the May 3 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor…
In Tennessee, sturgeon reintroduction program shifts to final stretch
The fish are preparing to spawn on their own in the wild for the first time since the population was eliminated in Tennessee in the late 1970s.
Cold weather causing winterkill on some southern Minnesota lakes
(Minnesota DNR file photo)As ice comes off of southern Minnesota lakes, evidence of this year’s harsh winter is washing up along the shorelines. While dead and dying fish washing ashore can be discouraging to see, it’s the result of a natural process called “winterkill,” according to biologists with the Minnesota DNR. “Shallow lakes like we have in southern Minnesota are…
Invasive silver carp captured in St. Croix River
In 2017, two silver carp were captured in the same location.
Lake trout limit reduced on Grand Traverse Bay
At last week’s meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, commission acted to reduce daily possession limit of lake trout in these waters from two fish to one. Change was necessary because 2018 recreational harvest limit for lake trout in Grand Traverse Bay was exceeded.
Yellow perch limit makes sense to me
New perch regulations in Michigan have reduced the daily creel limit to 25 perch per angler, per day, on most Michigan waters.
Now that’s a Michigan walleye
Michigan DNR Fisheries staffers were out jaw-tagging walleye April 2 on the Tittabawassee River and stumbled across this 16.5-pounder – about a pound shy of the state record. The DNR is asking that, if you happen to come across a fish with a jaw tag, to let them know at www.michigan.gov/taggedfish. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Fish, Michigan DNR, Michigan DNR Fisheries,…
Fish and wildlife rules hearing information/changes: What you need to know
For the first time in its 85-year history, the Conservation Congress will allow online input for the dozens of questions dealing with fish, wildlife and environmental issues.
Sauger restoration efforts proving successful in Allegheny River
Sauger from the first year of stocking are now reaching over 20 inches.
Iowa DNR: ‘We’ll see significant declines’ in pheasant, quail numbers following recent winter storm
What will the impact be on northern Iowa’s pheasant population and southern Iowa’s quail? A quick survey of area wildlife biologists settled on one theme: Not Good.
Ambitious new plan to save Atlantic salmon has big price tag
The plan would take decades to fully implement, and it focuses on strategies such as removals of dams, installations of fish passages and increasing the number of salmon that survive in the ocean. It states that the estimated cost is about $24 million per year, not including money federal departments already spend on salmon recovery work.
The granddaddy of all North Dakota walleyes
A walleye collected by a North Dakota Game and Fish biologist has set a “new old-age standard in walleye.”
How do wildlife survive the harsh realities of winter?
Animals, fish have adapted to the conditions over time, biologists say.
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