The muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), also known as muskelunge, muscallonge, milliganong, or maskinonge (and often abbreviated “muskie” or “musky”), is a species of large, relatively uncommon freshwater fish of North America. The muskellunge is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae. The common name comes from the Ojibwa word maashkinoozhe, meaning “ugly pike”, by wayRead More >
Oxygen is necessary for higher life on this planet and terrestrial plants and animals obtain oxygen as a gas from the air. Despite the fact that all of us are taking oxygen into our bodies and converting it to carbon dioxide as part of a process to extract energy from our food, the amount ofRead More >
Why Is It Important? Like terrestrial animals, fish and other aquatic organisms need oxygen to live. As water moves past their gills (or other breathing apparatus), microscopic bubbles of oxygen gas in the water called dissolved oxygen (DO), are transferred from the water to their blood. Like any other gas diffusion process, the transfer isRead More >
A digital collection of botanical drawings depicting 175 common and rare, native and non-native species. To continue reading this article, follow the link: http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/482
Full Moon or Dark Moon? Major and minor solunar periods? Which is best? Does any of this moon mumbo jumbo make any real sense nor does it actually work? These are legitimate questions asked by thousands of anglers each year, and they deserve concrete answers backed up by some bona-fide data. Yet as much asRead More >
In 1926 John Alden Knight* postulated some folk lore he picked up in Florida and proceeded to attempt a refinement, giving it the name Solunar (Sol for sun and Lunar for moon). Knight compiled a list of 33 factors which influence or control day-to-day behavior of fresh and salt-water fish. Everything was taken into accountRead More >
A cold front is defined as the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. Cold fronts generally move from northwest to southeast. The air behind a cold front is noticeably colder and drier than the air ahead of it. When a cold front passes through, temperatures can drop moreRead More >
Common Name from the characteristic golden sheen of the adult Other common names include: Bream, Butterfish, Chub, Dace, Goldfish, Roach, Shad Roach, Sunfish, Méné Jaune (Qué) To continue reading this article, follow the link: http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/fish/notemigonus.html
A small, slender-bodied relative of the whitefish. The cisco’s other common names include: Blueback, Freshwater Herring, Lake Herring, Tullibee. To continue reading this aricle, follow the link: http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/fish/coregonusart.html
Suckers are a family of freshwater fishes (the Catostomidae) that includes about 65 species worldwide, with most of these in North America. They’re all fairly robust or stout fishes, with species ranging in size from small (about 15 cm) to large (up to 45 cm) in length. Nearly all species in the family have theRead More >
This long, jut-jawed fish has an image problem. In some regions of Lake Superior, fishermen prize it as a tough and worthy game fish. In other areas, they disdain it as a “slimy snake” and a destroyer of worthier fish. Without a doubt, the northern pike is a voracious predator — consuming three to fourRead More >
The musky was named the official Wisconsin state fish in 1955 and remains one of the most desired trophy fish in the Great Lakes region. It takes the average angler 20-80 hours to catch a legal musky, but that doesn’t stop hundreds from trying each year. To contine reading this article, follow the link: http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/musky.html
