Frisch: Lessons learned from 2023

Frisch: Lessons learned from 2023

Source: echopress

11/10/2023

Credit: Mike Frisch

Each year in November, I try to look back at the just completed fishing season to see what I learned and what changes I saw that impacted fishing and fishing success. This season, a couple of things I’ve written about previously continue to be most noteworthy. These two topics aren’t new to anglers, but they continue to be at the forefront of topics for many who fish.

Clear water continues to dominate

As I have written about previously, the biggest change to our fisheries and fishing in recent memory continues to be the unwanted introduction and continuing spread of zebra mussels and their resulting effects. These invasive species are now present in most lakes I fish. “Zeebs” filter lake water, usually causing clearing water conditions and increasing the presence of weeds.

Walleye

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News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3826	Chefs told to cut wild salmon from menus	heraldscotland	2014-09-23	UK
3827	China, US seek ways to benefit from carp	China Daily	2014-09-23	CN
3828	2 Marshall County men sentenced to 30 days in jail for cheating in bass-fishing tournament	al	2014-09-16	US
3829	Farmed salmon has 'more fat than pizza'	independent	2014-09-14	IE
3830	The Gulf of Alaska is unusually warm, and weird fish are showing up	washingtonpost	2014-09-15	US
3831	Salmon found in upper Elwha River for first time in more than 100 years	q13fox	2014-09-13	US
3832	Teenage 'Fish Whisperer' catches bass from the SEWER	dailymail	2014-08-29	UK
3833	To study evolution, scientists raise fish to walk on land	csmonitor	2014-08-28	US
3834	Experimental ‘fish fence’ used to fight Asian Carp invasion of Tennessee waters	wreg	2021-05-17	US
3835	Canadian researchers observe how fish species adapt to extreme environmental changes	ctvnews	2021-05-17	CA
3836	Man caught illegally fishing jailed for assaulting fisheries officer	corkbeo	2021-05-18	IE
3837	Exotic fish dumped by Coquitlam pet owners become invasive species	CBC News	2014-08-19	CA
3838	Carp-killing plan postponed at pond near Glasgow	greatfallstribune	2014-08-14	UK
3839	Joe Ludlow's 181-pound opah could be a world record	petethomasoutdoors	2014-08-13	MX
3840	Asian carp becomes animal feed for American Heartland Fish Products	CBC News	2014-08-14	US
3841	Seagrass fish feeding grounds 'lost like rain forests'	BBC News	2014-08-12	US
3842	Rare sighting of bizarre Mola mola fish caught after it surfaced in a Californian bay	dailymail	2014-08-08	UK
3843	California's giant sea bass making a comeback after near extinction	kcbx	2014-08-06	US
3844	Anti-carp speakers pose no threat to native species	lacrosse tribune	2014-08-05	US
3845	Anti-carp effort starts on Mississippi River	The Assocaited Press	2014-08-02	US
3846	Brazil bans catfish fishery that used dolphins as bait	newscientist	2014-07-30	BZ
3847	Woman hauls in 'world record' 143kg tuna off Sydney...	dailymail	2014-07-24	UK
3848	Biggest UK fish ever caught off Isle of Skye	scotsman	2014-07-23	UK
3849	Snakehead fish still a problem in Maryland waters	wbaltv	2021-05-18	US
3850	Deadly 'ghost' fishing gear removed from shipwreck off Brighton coast	the argus	2021-05-21	UK

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