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Home→Published 2020 → January

Monthly Archives: January 2020

Rainbows Depart for Warmer Pastures

Posted on January 31, 2020 by KenVisger

  You don’t see too many rainbows in Southwest Wisconsin in the middle of winter. That view is usually saved for thunderstorm season in the heat of the summer time. And if you were looking for a Rainbow this winter, … Continue reading →

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Tracking Lake Sturgeon Release in Maumee River

Posted on January 31, 2020 by KenVisger

          As part of a multi-agency effort (Toledo Zoo, USFWS, USGS, Ohio DNR, Michigan DNR, University of Toledo and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry) lake sturgeon have been released for two consecutive years (as … Continue reading →

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Logperch Rolled In to Genoa

Posted on January 31, 2020 by KenVisger

          Freshwater mussels are host specific, not just any fish will do. Snuffbox, a federally endangered species of mussel, depend on Logperch, a large darter that can grow up to approximately six inches and is found … Continue reading →

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Volunteers Answer the Call to Prepare Minnow Broodstock

Posted on January 31, 2020 by KenVisger

  We were able to finish up harvest of the Fathead Minnow pond in December. We brought in over 2.6 million minnows! Many of these went into overwintering ponds to sustain broodstock and future mussel host fish over the winter. … Continue reading →

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ICE FISHING DAY POSTPONED

Posted on January 29, 2020 by KenVisger

Due to unsafe ice conditions on our ice fishing pond, we are going to have to postpone and possibly cancel the Kids Ice Fishing Day. We were hoping colder temperatures this week would have created enough ice, but we still … Continue reading →

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Kids Ice Fishing Clinic

Posted on January 24, 2020 by KenVisger

  Friends of the Upper Mississippi River andU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service(608) 689-2605   The following is the itinerary for our Annual Ice Fishing Day f or children 5 to 12 years old, which will be held at the Genoa … Continue reading →

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