By Joseph Berg Senior Aquatic Biologist, Fisheries Specialist Every spring, we hear many of the same questions and statements regarding ponds and fish. “Where are all of my fish?”, “I think all my fish were eaten”, “I don’t have any fish but I don’t ...
By Joey Berg Aquatic Field Biologist, Fisheries Specialist From the Great Barrier Reef to your classic “Up-North” lake, to your backyard pond, one overlooked component to a waterbody is structure for fish. First and foremost, a great number of lakes,...
Or is it? An Explanation of Summer Fish Kills By: Joseph Berg Aquatic Field Biologist, Fisheries Specialist We know that many changes occur from winter to summer with our water in the Midwest. For instance, most fishermen are quite familiar with “tur...
What Should You Add to Your Pond? By Joey Berg Aquatic Field Biologist, Fisheries Specialist “Bluegill? Hybrid Bluegill? No Bluegill at all?” There are definitely some considerations when deciding how to stock (or restock) a waterbody. All waterbodie...
Why Fish Removal Can be Necessary and How it Works By Joseph J. Berg, Aquatic Field Biologist, Fisheries Specialist Fish treatments/removals are a part of common management practices for fisheries throughout Wisconsin and the United States. You may a...
With over 15,000 lakes, 32,000 miles of streams and rivers, and 820 miles of shoreline on two Great Lakes it comes as no surprise, fishing is a staple in Wisconsin. The two go together like peanut butter and jelly (or is it cheese and beer?). Fishing...
Do we really need to give them a label or call them by a certain name? The quick answer is "Yes!". While they all have some strong similarities, they have some significant differences that separate how they are designed, built, managed, and function....
This is a great article which touches base on what can happen when extremely low temperatures can affect an entire aquatic environment. Winters such as last have seen record breaking numbers which then causes increased freezing of bodies of water. Th...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A water sample from Lake Michigan's Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin has tested positive for DNA from invasive Asian carp, although it's unknown whether the genetic material came from a live fish, scientists said Tuesday. It's the sec...
The biologists at WLPR have been busy treating ponds for algae and Sago Pondweed. Given the unseasonably warm spring, most ponds are growing unsightly amounts of algae. To combat the large algae blooms, we have been applying bacteria and enzyme mixtu...
