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
3876	How much do bass fishing tournaments hurt the fish?	wrvo	2014-03-22	CA
3877	Aquarium breeds rare goby fish in 'species first'	itv	2014-04-12	US
3878	Fisherwoman catches world record 64 STONE tuna (worth $2m or 1,769 tins) but she's going to get it stuffed instead	dailymail	2014-04-04	UK
3879	Chadwick the chagoi koi carp was found in Totton two months after escaping from Romsey World of Water seven miles away	dailyecho	2014-04-03	UK
3880	MIT's robot fish is nearly as speedy and squishy as the real thing	engadget	2014-03-13	US
3881	Asian carp could survive in all Great Lakes, scientists say	CBC News	2014-03-11	CA
3882	Fish owners warned over crisps diet	belfasttelegraph	2014-02-27	UK
3883	Pacific salmon migrate with a 'magnetic map'	BBC News	2014-02-06	US
3884	Newly discovered freshwater fish cedar sculpin (Cottus schitsuumsh) is ugly, has bug-like eyes and a HUGE head	Tech Times	2014-02-02	US
3885	Scientists Discover New Fish Species in the Upper Columbia River Basin	usda	2017-02-21	US
3886	New species of ugly, big-headed fish discovered in Idaho and Montana rivers	yahoo	2014-01-31	US
3887	scienceworldreport	New Species of Big-Headed Fish Discovered in Montana and Idaho Rivers	2014-01-31	US
3888	New York man pleads guilty to smuggling nearly 40,000 piranhas into the U.S.	CNN	2014-02-01	US
3889	Senegal frees Russian ship caught for 'illegal fishing'	BBC News	2014-01-23	SN
3890	Forced to fish: Slavery on Thailand's trawlers	BBC News	2014-01-23	TH
3891	Genetically-modified salmon approval faces lawsuit	CBC News	2014-01-22	CA
3892	Coloured Cells Chase Each Other To Make A Fish’s Stripes	nationalgeographic	2014-01-20	KP
3893	Florida weighs allowing limited harvest of goliath grouper	wtsp	2021-05-09	US
3894	Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive	dailymail	2021-05-09	JP
3895	Man fined for spearfishing blue groper	weeklytimesnow	2014-01-20	AU
3896	Something stinks in Lamma 'mystery' as hundreds of rotting dead fish wash up on beach	scmp	2014-01-15	HK
3897	Fish can eat flying birds, now, apparently	inquirer	2014-01-10	ZW
3898	Russia accuses Greenpeace of encouraging Senegal to seize trawler	theguardian	2014-01-09	UK
3899	Canadian seafood imports targeted by U.S. environmental group	CBC News	2014-01-07	CA
3900	6-year-old saves brother who nearly drowned in fish tank	KDKA / CBS NEWSPATH	2021-05-13	US

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