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“LS Fishermen Spend Night Adrift on Bay” from the May 7, 1948 Door County Advocate
Three Little Sturgeon fisher­men, Connie Claflin, Charlie Claflin, and Vernon Gustafson were safely towed into port Tuesday morning after spending an…
“Big carp run at Sand Bay” from the March 21, 1974 Door County Advocate
A large school of carp that moved into the area on Saturday is responsible for the flurry of activity taking place at Sand Bay during the week.
“March 22 release date for Release of Coho at Algoma” from the March 14, 1968 Door County Advocate
Preliminary plans for coho salmon stocking in Lake Michigan will get underway March 22 when two fish hauling trucks from the Bayfield Fish Hatchery in…
Rep. Wied Introduces SPEAR Act
A link: https://wied.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-wied-introduces-spear-act
“Lone Fisherman’s Day Long But He’s Happy With Job” from the November 20, 1958 Door County Advocate
Grace Grasse profiles Clarence Lind, a fisherman from Ellison Bay.
The DNR lists 10 close-to-home fishing sites in Door County
A link: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/Fishing/ClosetoHomeFishingJune2023.pdf#page=5
In 2020, Door County was favored by new anglers
A link: https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10841
Ice in Green Bay protects lake whitefish larvae from being blown away by winds into areas where they won’t survive as much.
Larval whitefish have a better chance of surviving in Green Bay than their counterparts in Grand Traverse Bay, and also Stokes Bay in the Canadian part…
"Electric Device For Control of Lampreys OK'd" from the May 27, 1952 Door County Advocate
Electric Device For Control of Lampreys OK'd
"Sea Grant Agent Lynn Frederick chooses whitefish for thesis study" from the March 30, 1978 Door County Advocate
By KETA STEEBS
Focus groups held in Door County and seven other places contributed data for a commercial fishing report
The report, https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/fsh.11005, includes a graph showing the proportion of the commercial catch by…
Although pelicans can eat larger fish than cormorants because they are bigger, they also eat some invertebrates because they are also able…
The part on "Differences in Prey Selection" can be found by entering "65" at the top, so it is 65 / 88.
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