Looking forward to this #nongame webinar. I’ll be talkin bag limits. Come on by to hear all about it.
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Hashtag
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Our job opening closes Sunday night (tomorrow). Last-minute apps welcome!!
#fisheries #paddlefish #nongame
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Our #paddlefish and #native #nongame technician job is NOW OPEN! Please share widely.
Taking apps until 9/7
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Important paper on #nongame fishes shows lots of hybridization between minnow species.
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ODWC is seeking applicants for a fisheries technician in our paddlefish and native nongame program. Please go to wildlifedepartment.com where open positions are listed in the careers section.
We are seeking applicants for a #fisheries technician in our #paddlefish and #native #nongame program. Please share widely. Thx.
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A black buffalo with its intermediate mouth orientation (approx halfway between terminal like bigmouth buffalo and sub-terminal like smallmouth buffalo). Correctly differentiating BKB from SMB in OK has proven difficult, according to genetic results. Hybridization complicates the similar morphology.
This is a large spotted gar collected from a small reservoir population with only the single gar species present (four species are native to OK).
Gratuitous #nongame pics taken on our study lake this week. #buffalo #gar
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Check out our #nongame #fisheries #management symposium at #AFS155.
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A photo of me holding a smallmouth buffalo next to the Neosho river in Oklahoma
This week we determined via angling that smallmouth #buffalo will consume #paddlefish eggs. #nongame
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#nongame #fisheries #management @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
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Me standing in front of a small group at a nature center giving a presentation titled “Rough Fish Escapee and De Facto Sport Fish- How Paddlefish Have Served as a Model for Nongame Fisheries Management in Oklahoma”
Though my presentation title on #paddlefish & #nongame #fisheries #management appears intimidating for a public space, the invited talk I gave at Ray Harral Nature Center this weekend was a joy. So much engagement and thoughtful questions and comments from the audience.
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Soft cover special issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes on Underappreciated Native Fishes of North America and their Management.
Nice to receive this in the mail at almost the exact moment I was writing about the #nongame special issue in our agency annual report on #native #nongame fishes in Oklahoma. Thanks, @margaretdocker.bsky.social
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Nate (left) holds a paddlefish while Brian holds a bigmouth buffalo.
Today’s bycatch included a nice bigmouth buffalo. Along with #paddlefish, Oklahoma’s three buffalo species are the main focus of our #native #nongame program.
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Crocodiles “live longer than the careers of the scientists studying them”
Such is also the case with #paddlefish, #sturgeon, and a myriad of #native #nongame fishes.
www.livescience.com/animals/alli...
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservatikn is seeking applicants for fisheries technician in our paddlefish and native nongame program. Go to https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/about/careers/open-positions
Hey, #TeamFish- we’re seeking applications for a technician in our #paddlefish and #native #nongame program. Please share and repost! Thanks
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Also, @margaretdocker.bsky.social led a special journal issue on #nongame fishes for Environmental Biology of Fishes, which has 23 articles. Worth reading all of them.
link.springer.com/collections/...
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The #nongame portion of our program was just established in July 2023, so our work this far has largely been collecting data. No substantive reports to share. However, we’ve done plenty on #bowfishing #management which is an important component. Take a look here- www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaso...
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Sam hugs a giant bigmouth buffalo
Jackson cradles a nice bigmouth buffalo
I called my shot and told Sam and Jackson we’d catch Buffalo at this site and I was right. Caught three lunker bigmouth buffs. #nongame
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Another nice bigmouth buffalo was caught in our paddlefish net.
The business end of a bigmouth buffalo
We managed to catch a 6” shad in 6” mesh nets. Pretty unlikely.
Today’s bycatch included another bigmouth buffalo #nongame in a site where I can always count on catching them. Also, we had a gizzard shad and a white crappie in addition to our typical giant flathead #catfish and blue catfish.
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A picture of me holding a bigmouth buffalo on the boat while we are paddlefish netting.
Up close view of the business end of a bigmouth buffalo.
Up close view of the business end of a bigmouth buffalo.
More good #nongame bycatch. This is another mondo bigmouth buffalo. Smaller than the one yesterday, but in better shape. For some reason, my posture makes it look heavier than it is. Just tired. 😖
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Caleb holds a bigmouth buffalo
A close up of a bigmouth buffalo
Today’s bycatch included a massive bigmouth buffalo. #nongame
At 42 lbs, this ranks among the biggest we’ve seen.
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I dunno if this paper is the one I’m “most known for”, but it was pretty dang needed in that moment. Lots of great research attention on #bowfishing and #native #nongame #fisheries #management has followed.
doi.org/10.1660/062....
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Devlin holds a smallmouth buffalo and Caleb holds a paddlefish from our nets today.
These are the two focal species of our program- #paddlefish and smallmouth buffalo. #native #nongame
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This is a freshwater drum laying on a measuring table.
Another view of the anterior end of the freshwater drum on a measuring table.
Today’s bycatch wasn’t just catfish. We caught a nice freshwater drum and a smallmouth buffalo. #nongame
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More baby steps towards #bowfishing #management in Oklahoma. #nongame
www.wildlifedepartment.com/outdoorok/oo...
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