#ThrowbackThursday Turtle Edition: some of the chill (and not so chill) chelonians encountered during #GBfish15 fieldwork! Painted, Wood, and Common Snapping🐢

FINtastic job @Rachel_VanDam on her Masters defense on #GreatLakes migratory pike restoration! #GBfish15 https://t.co/QNJt3HVqh8

FIELD PICS! Link to great shots by our @PSF_GBFISHLAB pike field team: http://bit.ly/1Mthwpf #GreatLakes #GBfish15 http://t.co/1zhRzQFswV

#Leechnado: The Next Generation? More species encountered today; one w/ EGGS! ID thoughts @theleechguy? #GBfish15 2/n http://t.co/YWD9UdECpV

Hope you've already eaten lunch if you're going to check out my next post! #GBfish15 1/n

It's been a great time in the field! See you in 1-2 weeks @UWGB @PSF_GBFISHLAB! #GBfish15 http://t.co/kpYAs2uSpJ

Pike are yet to show up at some sites, but we've had plenty of other "visitors" #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/nanVfadKk5

Add Brook #Stickleback to the *incredibly* diverse samples today #GBfish15 http://t.co/dczUQdLHh8

Heading back to the field today! Let's see what #GreatLakes migratory fishes are up to! #GBfish15 http://t.co/GsHQxFu334

Something exhilarating, being next to creature bigger than you are as it unexpectedly emerges! #GreatLakes #GBfish15 http://t.co/9gcgNOyueN

THIS is one of the big issues for #GreatLakes (and other) migratory fishes. Several spp stacked just below. #GBfish15 http://t.co/6GfVvO5mt6

I was pretty excited about the brightly-colored (spawning GARb) #Bowfin too! #HolosteanDay! #GBfish15 http://t.co/pWYpJqsWPu

I don't always take pics of birds, but when I do, it's b/c they're in pike traps! safely reunited w/ family #GBfish15 http://t.co/yC4BPRgMFb

And OF COURSE we had to get @DrFishSG w/ the day's Shortnose #Gar! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes @andrewrypel http://t.co/4lEhkfp54l

FIRST #GAR of the season!!! Thanks to @DrFishSG's sampling we got a Shortnose! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes @Rachel_VanDam http://t.co/KwHmYktTaj

Example from last year; piscivorous progress in #pike! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes @Rachel_VanDam @PSF_GBFISHLAB http://t.co/fTi29CsLi9

"the one that got away" #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/ljrarxwOF1

Great presentation tying together several #GreatLakes fishes studies in GB area! Much yet to be learned! #GBfish15 http://t.co/Eq6ZUQoGYS

Primitive fishes make cameos too! Sturgeon, Bowfin, and GAR! @PSF_GBFISHLAB #GBfish15 #GreatLakes #biodiversity http://t.co/epr6w0v0kU

Plenty of fisheries ecology sampling equipment on display for @PSF_GBFISHLAB's presentation! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/2Rku5R8ou1

.@PSF_GBFISHLAB presenting on #GreatLakes #GBfish15 @uwgb now! @AngeKoos13 @Rachel_VanDam @dehendricks19 @CMoratz http://t.co/HECtiL2DEZ

Great day on @uwgb campus! Working on #GreatLakes proposal w/ @PSF_GBFISHLAB! #GBfish15 http://t.co/Sz8aI52a49

Mass of Mudminnows! 452 total in box traps! quick clip: https://youtu.be/2SaW176mjuE #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/spZ6MhqF8d

We've never seen colors like this on mudminnows! Spawning season really makes them stand out! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/wXTnRDXwVr

Can't complain about the scenery in the field! Sandhill Cranes and frogs provided the soundtrack! #GBfish15 http://t.co/Lo0FiV6DY5

Correction: DOUBLE #Bowfin! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/jJ5LxQ1flF

Site 3: THIS is what 452 Central Mudminnows looks like! Moving through pike traps on spawning migration! #GBfish15 http://t.co/5r0sQVMLXb

We have young-of-year (YOY) #pike! 68 at this site; out-migration in progress! #GBfish15 #GreatLakes http://t.co/o5Pjv59zSz

BACK in the field (2nd trip) in Green Bay! W/ @Rachel_VanDam tracking #GreatLakes migratory fishes! #GBfish15 http://t.co/HruPk6dfuc

LEECH-nado!? As if MONDAYs weren't disturbing enough https://youtu.be/CMdawl05lMs bizarre scene near wetland #GBfish15 http://t.co/CfDEA7XRK4