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I just did pretty good any legal even oh that's a damn soccer I got up to I got up to

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oh well yeah good thing is you can leave them on the bank it'll be here

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morning how are you doing well anything biting today well yeah we're out here

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yesterday and there were quite a few fish around we got we tagged over 200

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yesterday yep so oh okay well we'll get one of our dip nets out actually and

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see if we can oh well then I don't know that we'll be able to get it if it's already

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hooked on

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I got distracted there for a second I thought it was somebody fell out of their

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kayak right there and that was when I got too close to the too close to the

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dock I thought there's somebody just fell in the water out of their kayak and

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it's not a good time to be in the water but then I saw the little diver flag and

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saw their fins so they scared the the jeepers out of me for a second

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all right we should be ready to go but he can hop on here now that I'm not

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hanging into the dog what is that add the diver do you know okay scared the saw

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the empty kayak island right up here it's relatively shallow in this area only

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four to five feet deep so our electro fishing works really well and there's

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some really shallow ripple areas that we caught a couple of females that were

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releasing eggs on the other day so there might be some of the early spawners

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moving up to spawn in those areas typically not our electro fishing is

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only effective in maybe five feet of water six feet of water at best and so

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we typically stay up in these shallower areas where we can more effectively

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operate once you move downstream it gets pretty deep pretty quickly it's a I

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think more of a dredged river farther downstream so we're not that effective

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so we mostly target areas where where our gear is going to be effective

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so Brandon you want to spin the the booms around and

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let's just move behind and grab a little bit of water out and collect some of the data that

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we collect when we temperature the data that we collect

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before we start

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nominee river marinette county

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eight is the eighth

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the water temp is 36.5 degrees

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first station for the day we're gonna give all the walleyes we capture flight eggs we're targeting

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walleyes doing some pulsed sea seed

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so

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How does every temperature affect the walleyes

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So, the water temperature is one of the key factors that brings them up to spawn as the

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rivers start to warm up in the spring and we get higher flows.

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They tend to move up to spawn.

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It also likely influences their egg development.

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We will get some females that are already spawning, you know, but being a cold water

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fish kind of their metabolism and things work based on water temperatures, typically

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while I try to spawn when water temperatures get to be that 42 to 43 degree range.

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So, it was a little bit warmer last week, but it's since it's gotten pretty cold, so.

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Okay, I don't know what's, why is this not closed?

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Okay, now I have my bedroom.

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It comes out of the generator, runs through the wire, and it actually comes into our box

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through another wire down there, so this is our whole control box, this is what controls

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the amount of electricity and the type of electricity, whether it's AC or DC that we're

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actually putting into the water, and I'll be driving the boat as well as the electrical

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settings from the box.

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Once we get the electrical settings the way we want them, it goes through another wire

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out of the box and through the boat, through wires, through the boat, and up through wires

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that run through those orange booms that are sticking out in front of the boat there, and

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then it, eventually those wires connect to those steel rings that are out on the front

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of the booms and goes into the water in those droppers that are spun around, sprung around

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the rings that are out on the front of the booms there.

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So that's how the electrical field is created, and the whole boat actually completes the

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electrical field, so the electrical field is kind of centered right out in between the

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droppers or the ends of the booms and the boat out on the front, so that's where the fish

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are going to get stunned, so that those people standing up on the front of the boat

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can actually dip the fish and put them in the live wall behind them there, so.

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Alright, it's hooked up, so are we getting ready?

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Let's see what's going on here, and it's going to be 948, GPS coordinates 45, 0, 6.8,

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0, 9, 3, 7, 3, 7, 4, 5, 8, 9.

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So it's just our starting time and our starting GPS location.

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Alright.

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You guys are on, and we are cracking.

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We don't need a lot of electricity to shock walleyes, especially when the water is in

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the air is cold, we're running about 120 volts and 4 amps right now as far as our electrical

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settings go, so we run much higher settings if we're doing like fast pan-fish surveys

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later in the spring when water temps are warmer.

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A lot of it is just the colder water, they do have different like ions in their body,

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so they're susceptible, they have different susceptibility to electricity, and different

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settings work best for different species, but with the cold water it doesn't take a

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lot of electricity in my experience to really shock them.

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We're in a little bit deeper water here, we're in 5 to 6 feet, I want to get up into

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this and shallow our water up here, look our way up there.

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You said that the light tank was about 30.

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Yeah that's typically what we uncomfortable putting in there, we've got two fill pumps

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that I can run and a recirculating pump to keep fresh water going over them, a lot depends

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on the size of the fish, if it's smaller males we can put more in there, if we get more of

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the bigger females, they don't fit as many of them, so we can fill it up every time we

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go out.

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Not necessarily if we have a really poor station, you know we kind of run out of shocking room

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then we, what we get is what we get.

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Hey Brandon, is that guy around the corner that was fishing there?

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That's what you see, not off the point anymore.

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Some of the fish do take a little bit of time to recover, it all depends on where they came

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up in the electrical field and the time that they were in the electrical field for how

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long they might have gotten stunned, some of them as you saw, as soon as you put them

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in the live while they're swimming away, others of them take a little bit of time.

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Oh boy Tim, now we're getting up and doing a little shallow water and should see some

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more fish that are in three to four feet now.

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There we go.

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There we go.

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Is your stuff okay getting wet?

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Yeah.

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So we started off into some of the deeper water where there are many fish, and we moved up

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here to some of the shallow water right at the base of some of those fish right below

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these ripples, so that's been scooping two, two, three fish at a time sometimes in the nets.

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The green bay supports a really, really healthy walleye population.

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Based on our creel surveys over the last couple of years, it's estimated that anglers are catching

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about 300,000 walleyes and harvesting 150,000 walleyes, so it supports a really healthy walleye

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fish. People come from all over the Midwest now to fish for walleyes, especially in the

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spring when the larger females are moving up into the shallow water. People can shorefish

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for them. You don't need a really big boat to fish for them out on the bay, but yesterday

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I talked to a group of guys that were here from South Dakota. They came all the way over

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from the Dakotas to try their hand at fishing the green bay walleye fishery, so it's a really

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healthy, really popular fishery right now.

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All their species are walleye and or they have ice, so they can do really fish.

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Sorry Brandon, I was going too fast.

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The interesting to see if you get some cool GoPro footage off of those nets, or off of

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that net handle.

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There we go.

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The green bay fishery is the shore fishing opportunities that it provides in the spring.

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It's not uncommon for us to see all kinds. There's along this shoreline here and shorelines

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around the Menominee River. Also the Ocanto River, Pachtego River, Fox River, and Sturgeon

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Bay areas all have really big spawning populations of walleyes and shore anglers. You don't even

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need a boat. You can come and catch walleyes all day long from shore in these locations.

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So it provides a unique opportunity that most other places don't exist. We do have reduced

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bag limits in the spring. It's a one bag and a 15 inch minimum on much of the system except

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for the Fox River. It has a one bag and a 28 inch minimum, but anglers certainly have the

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opportunity to come out here and fish for really big walleyes without a boat, which is

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pretty cool. There's not a lot of other places that you can fish for really big walleyes without a boat.

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Nice tip.

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Here I see that we're in rocks now.

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And other fish, if we end up getting a lure that's in one of the walleyes that we capture,

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I oftentimes donate those to kids if we see them along the shoreline just to give them a little

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something from their trip as well. But there's not a lot of opportunities that younger kids

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have to come and shore fish and see many walleyes and this many fish get caught.

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I don't know if we've got a 30% bet.

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No, I don't think we've got any 30s.

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Submit that for 20s.

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28.

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I want to be outside.

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Just back here.

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Yeah.

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I'm going to nudge this up a little bit under the sand.

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We're a big reward tag study that we started last year.

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Our goal is to tag up to 5,000 walleyes each year across, each spring across the green

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bay system to get a better estimate of angler exploitation rates or the percentage of the

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adult walleye population that's harvested by anglers every year.

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So we're putting out about 5,000 tags and we can get the percentage of the adult population

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based on kind of the percentage of tag returns that anglers report by calling them in.

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So we're going to insert the tags right behind and right below the back dorsal fin on the left

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side of the fish and each one of the tags has its own unique number associated with it

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and there's an email address on the tags for reporting those tag returns to the email.

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We also have a phone number to report those tags to and that's area code 9206625411.

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So we encourage anglers to report all of the tag walleyes that they catch on the green

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bay system.

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So we're going to start with yellow tags.

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Those are non-reward tags.

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So if an angler reports catching a walleye with a yellow tag, we'll give them the history

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of that fish, where it was tagged, when it was tagged, how big it was when it was tagged.

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It's estimated age based on its length and our growth rates and things so it's cool.

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We send it to them on a certificate.

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We do are putting out red reward tags as well.

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This year we're going to put out 400 red reward tags and anglers receive a $100 reward

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from walleyes for tomorrow, our partner on this project, and we're really grateful for

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their support in order to do the reward tag component of this.

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So if an angler catches a red reward tag walleye and it's still valid, they'll receive $100

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from walleyes for tomorrow.

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The reward tags are valid for approximately a year.

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The reward tags that we're putting out this year, this spring, are valid until March 31st

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in 2026 and we've got about 250 or 260 of the 400 reward tags that we're going to put out

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this year out in the system already.

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So, yes, we'll work through processing some fish.

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Get some real quick.

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I'm ready.

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Alright, green.

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So that means that it's a female that hasn't released her eggs yet.

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And she's still hard or green.

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She's still past this lawn yet.

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It's 730.

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730 millimeters.

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And that's what, like 28 inches?

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28 to 3 quarter.

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28 and 3 quarter inches.

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Okay.

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Then Brandon will insert the Floyd tag right below the door so fit on the side of the fish there.

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And the Floyd tags have got a little T at the end and that T hooks into their rays that

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stick down from their fin into the body to help hold those in place.

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21514.

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21514.

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So that's the five-digit number that's associated with that walleye.

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And then they get released.

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Green.

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638.

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638.

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So 21515.

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This fella right here yesterday.

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He still says it's 3 feet at the back of the door.

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You seem to be doing okay right here?

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Yeah.

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No.

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Okay.

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Green.

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694.

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Another one that's just shy of 28 inches.

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It's a walleye slide.

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Male 493.

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Green.

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703.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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903.

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1103.

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Green.

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613...

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Green.

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652.

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Green, 652, are their bellies pretty hard, or are they softening up?

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They're getting a little softer, but this one is not.

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So as the females get closer to laying their eggs, their bellies start to get quite a bit softer.

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21520 was the tag to run the last one.

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Yep.

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Green, 611.

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Green, 640.

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Green, 638.

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Male, 553.

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Green, 584.

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That should be the last tag on that wrap, right?

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Yep.

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Okay.

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Kiss him?

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Yep.

238
00:30:20,660 --> 00:30:26,660
Male, 513.

239
00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:29,660
This would be 21526.

240
00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:31,660
11526.

241
00:30:31,660 --> 00:30:33,660
Perfect.

242
00:30:34,660 --> 00:30:35,660
Alright.

243
00:30:35,660 --> 00:30:37,660
Some of them are really, really bad.

244
00:30:37,660 --> 00:30:38,660
Cool.

245
00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:40,660
That was getting really soft.

246
00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:48,660
Green, 649.

247
00:30:48,660 --> 00:30:51,660
Nice female.

248
00:30:51,660 --> 00:30:53,660
A bigger girl.

249
00:30:53,660 --> 00:30:57,660
Green, 722.

250
00:30:58,660 --> 00:31:07,660
Yep, 28-inch shirt.

251
00:31:07,660 --> 00:31:16,660
Green, 568.

252
00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:23,660
Male.

253
00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:31,660
501.

254
00:31:31,660 --> 00:31:39,660
Male.

255
00:31:39,660 --> 00:31:44,660
498.

256
00:31:44,660 --> 00:31:47,660
Male.

257
00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:50,660
Let's do a tag check.

258
00:31:51,660 --> 00:31:52,660
655.

259
00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:53,660
533.

260
00:31:53,660 --> 00:31:55,660
That's what I have.

261
00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:56,660
2533.

262
00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:57,660
Yeah, 21533.

263
00:31:57,660 --> 00:31:58,660
Okay.

264
00:31:58,660 --> 00:31:59,660
I said 2.

265
00:31:59,660 --> 00:32:00,660
I don't know.

266
00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:01,660
533.

267
00:32:01,660 --> 00:32:02,660
Okay.

268
00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:10,660
Green, 600.

269
00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:15,660
Green, 633.

270
00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:23,660
Male.

271
00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:33,660
552.

272
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:40,660
Green, 594.

273
00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:48,660
547.

274
00:32:48,660 --> 00:32:51,660
Yep.

275
00:32:51,660 --> 00:32:54,660
Male.

276
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:59,660
546.

277
00:32:59,660 --> 00:33:06,660
Male.

278
00:33:07,660 --> 00:33:21,660
515.

279
00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:26,660
Green.

280
00:33:26,660 --> 00:33:33,660
655.

281
00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:37,660
Male.

282
00:33:37,660 --> 00:33:40,660
547.

283
00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:43,660
Male.

284
00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:48,660
521.

285
00:33:48,660 --> 00:33:53,660
Green.

286
00:33:53,660 --> 00:34:03,660
610.

287
00:34:03,660 --> 00:34:08,660
Is that 21594?

288
00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:13,660
21594.

289
00:34:13,660 --> 00:34:18,660
21594.

290
00:34:18,660 --> 00:34:21,660
Oh, yeah, 444.

291
00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:26,660
486.

292
00:34:26,660 --> 00:34:31,660
Male.

293
00:34:31,660 --> 00:34:36,660
528.

294
00:34:36,660 --> 00:34:41,660
486.

295
00:34:41,660 --> 00:34:54,660
Male.

296
00:34:54,660 --> 00:35:01,660
603.

297
00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:08,660
Green.

298
00:35:08,660 --> 00:35:13,660
486.

299
00:35:13,660 --> 00:35:18,660
Triple six.

300
00:35:18,660 --> 00:35:23,660
Male.

301
00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:28,660
568.

302
00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:34,660
568.

303
00:35:34,660 --> 00:35:39,660
It should be 2150.

304
00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:42,660
Yep.

305
00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:45,660
There's still quite a few fish in there.

306
00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:48,660
No, not a pun.

307
00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:53,660
That was fish number 37, now we were.

308
00:35:54,660 --> 00:35:59,660
So.

309
00:36:07,660 --> 00:36:13,660
There you go.

310
00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:18,660
521.

311
00:36:18,660 --> 00:36:21,660
551.

312
00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:26,660
Yep.

313
00:36:26,660 --> 00:36:31,660
Male.

314
00:36:31,660 --> 00:36:38,660
478.

315
00:36:38,660 --> 00:36:43,660
Definitely male.

316
00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:51,660
532.

317
00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:58,660
Male.

318
00:36:58,660 --> 00:37:03,660
478.

319
00:37:04,660 --> 00:37:11,660
Male.

320
00:37:11,660 --> 00:37:18,660
467.

321
00:37:18,660 --> 00:37:23,660
Male.

322
00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:31,660
492.

323
00:37:31,660 --> 00:37:36,660
Green.

324
00:37:36,660 --> 00:37:43,660
568.

325
00:37:44,660 --> 00:37:49,660
Male.

326
00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:56,660
500.

327
00:37:56,660 --> 00:38:03,660
Male.

328
00:38:03,660 --> 00:38:09,660
562.

329
00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:14,660
It should be 560.

330
00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:19,660
Yep.

331
00:38:19,660 --> 00:38:24,660
Green.

332
00:38:24,660 --> 00:38:27,660
Let me say Jason.

333
00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:31,660
It could be the first time this morning.

334
00:38:31,660 --> 00:38:32,660
526.

335
00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:35,660
Likely.

336
00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:39,660
That took around 20 inches.

337
00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:42,660
Yeah, a little problem would be 5.

338
00:38:42,660 --> 00:38:45,660
5, and that's when they were expected in 30.

339
00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:49,660
Most females start to spawn at 5 in the Green and Late system.

340
00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:50,660
Okay.

341
00:38:50,660 --> 00:38:54,660
Which is older than a lot of other places.

342
00:38:54,660 --> 00:38:55,660
Male.

343
00:38:55,660 --> 00:39:00,660
500.

344
00:39:00,660 --> 00:39:04,660
Male.

345
00:39:05,660 --> 00:39:12,660
514.

346
00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:15,660
Oh, great one.

347
00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:16,660
Male.

348
00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:21,660
These are 23 inches.

349
00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:22,660
589.

350
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:24,660
Let me just look at them and tell it's a little bit.

351
00:39:24,660 --> 00:39:25,660
Oh, I know.

352
00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:26,660
It's got an image.

353
00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:27,660
Yeah.

354
00:39:27,660 --> 00:39:28,660
It's got that look down.

355
00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:31,660
It's center on the water.

356
00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:36,660
Male.

357
00:39:36,660 --> 00:39:41,660
485.

358
00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:44,660
Alright, nice work.

359
00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:49,660
Oh, Jesus.

360
00:39:49,660 --> 00:39:58,660
I gotta change up what I'm doing apparently.

361
00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:03,660
Anyhow.

362
00:40:03,660 --> 00:40:15,660
Do you know where the sucker bite is?

363
00:40:15,660 --> 00:40:18,660
Brandon will take you up on fishing for some,

364
00:40:18,660 --> 00:40:21,660
especially if you catch a long nose sucker.

365
00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:22,660
Yeah.

366
00:40:22,660 --> 00:40:24,660
Here's styles.

367
00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:26,660
I'm gonna name it.

368
00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:30,660
I don't recall seeing as many long nose suckers when we were shocked in the Oconto.

369
00:40:30,660 --> 00:40:32,660
More white suckers in Redhorse.

370
00:40:32,660 --> 00:40:34,660
I think it's a single long nose.

371
00:40:34,660 --> 00:40:37,660
For some reason they don't go in there, but the Pestigo and here they...

372
00:40:37,660 --> 00:40:39,660
Yeah, I've seen a lot more in the...

373
00:40:39,660 --> 00:40:41,660
I don't see them in the Fox either.

374
00:40:41,660 --> 00:40:44,660
Why particularly do you want long nose there?

375
00:40:44,660 --> 00:40:47,660
He wants it because there's not a state record for it.

376
00:40:47,660 --> 00:40:49,660
And he wants another state record.

377
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:52,660
They're in the Great Lakes.

378
00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:54,660
Typically there are fish that's caught in the place.

379
00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:56,660
We'll see if I can get a service.

380
00:40:56,660 --> 00:40:57,660
Yeah?

381
00:40:57,660 --> 00:40:58,660
Yeah.

382
00:40:58,660 --> 00:41:00,660
So like the fact that we have in the Great Lakes is super interesting.

383
00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:01,660
Yeah.

384
00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:03,660
To get him in the trawler in my tiny beach is on my top.

385
00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:04,660
Oh.

386
00:41:04,660 --> 00:41:06,660
So they sit on the deep water and they're only up here for a few reasons.

387
00:41:06,660 --> 00:41:09,660
That trawler would be something cool to see.

388
00:41:09,660 --> 00:41:11,660
Gotta be a lot of interested stuff in there.

389
00:41:11,660 --> 00:41:12,660
Yeah.

390
00:41:12,660 --> 00:41:14,660
I mean, it's cool to see some of the porridge.

391
00:41:14,660 --> 00:41:15,660
Yeah.

392
00:41:15,660 --> 00:41:17,660
See how they owe it.

393
00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:20,660
Where did that piece of paper go?

394
00:41:20,660 --> 00:41:22,660
What's looking for, Jason?

395
00:41:26,660 --> 00:41:28,660
There's some paper just...

396
00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:33,660
You are on and we are shocking.

397
00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:34,660
I'm good.

398
00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:51,660
Yeah.

399
00:42:14,660 --> 00:42:17,660
I thought for sure we would have gotten some fish in there.

400
00:42:18,660 --> 00:42:26,660
There's a little high-rise reef area right back there that they usually sit right behind.

401
00:42:26,660 --> 00:42:27,660
But...

402
00:42:31,660 --> 00:42:33,660
Certainly not right now.

403
00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:46,660
And the idea of spawning dates, yet, or just for, you know...

404
00:42:46,660 --> 00:42:49,660
For muskies, it's way too early for those.

405
00:42:49,660 --> 00:42:50,660
Everything is...

406
00:42:54,660 --> 00:42:59,660
I'm gonna do it as early as possible from a water temperature standpoint.

407
00:43:02,660 --> 00:43:04,660
You know, things are trending a little bit...

408
00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:11,660
A little bit farther behind.

409
00:43:11,660 --> 00:43:14,660
This is the way this year.

410
00:43:14,660 --> 00:43:15,660
Yeah.

411
00:43:15,660 --> 00:43:22,660
We spawned walleyes on April 10th last year on the Menominee.

412
00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:29,660
We don't have the water temperatures to really...

413
00:43:34,660 --> 00:43:36,660
To really get...

414
00:43:37,660 --> 00:43:41,660
I don't think enough egg development and stuff to be spawning in two days,

415
00:43:41,660 --> 00:43:47,660
so it's likely gonna be next week when we're spawning walleyes.

416
00:43:47,660 --> 00:43:52,660
And so everything seems to be about a week behind,

417
00:43:52,660 --> 00:43:59,660
but that can really change very much in the next month or so.

418
00:43:59,660 --> 00:44:04,660
I'm gonna try to do it the first week of May, if we can.

419
00:44:05,660 --> 00:44:10,660
Last year, I don't remember if it was the 30th of April or the 1st of May or something.

420
00:44:10,660 --> 00:44:11,660
It was...

421
00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:14,660
Yeah, it was really early last year.

422
00:44:18,660 --> 00:44:24,660
But I don't know where it'll be this year.

423
00:44:27,660 --> 00:44:30,660
This was loaded with fish yesterday.

424
00:44:31,660 --> 00:44:35,660
I wonder if new fish didn't push in?

425
00:44:35,660 --> 00:44:36,660
Right.

426
00:44:36,660 --> 00:44:38,660
We do see that sometimes.

427
00:44:45,660 --> 00:44:46,660
Yeah.

428
00:44:46,660 --> 00:44:47,660
For walleyes.

429
00:44:47,660 --> 00:44:48,660
For walleyes for tomorrow?

430
00:44:48,660 --> 00:44:49,660
Nope.

431
00:44:49,660 --> 00:44:50,660
No.

432
00:44:50,660 --> 00:44:52,660
For you guys for other systems?

433
00:44:52,660 --> 00:44:53,660
Yes.

434
00:44:53,660 --> 00:44:56,660
So, to follow our genetics guidelines...

435
00:44:57,660 --> 00:45:01,660
You know, we have the Lake Michigan drainage for our walleyes strain,

436
00:45:01,660 --> 00:45:06,660
so wild rose hatchery will actually be here spawning...

437
00:45:10,660 --> 00:45:13,660
Menominee River walleyes.

438
00:45:13,660 --> 00:45:15,660
Let's see what's up on this flat.

439
00:45:19,660 --> 00:45:22,660
And then we also...

440
00:45:22,660 --> 00:45:24,660
I think white sucker.

441
00:45:25,660 --> 00:45:26,660
I missed it.

442
00:45:26,660 --> 00:45:30,660
We also partner with Mole Lake,

443
00:45:30,660 --> 00:45:34,660
which is a tribal hatchery.

444
00:45:34,660 --> 00:45:37,660
They have their own hatchery and they...

445
00:45:39,660 --> 00:45:42,660
The majority of their lakes are in the...

446
00:45:44,660 --> 00:45:46,660
Lake Michigan drainage.

447
00:45:49,660 --> 00:45:52,660
Sorry, I'm trying to talk and drive

448
00:45:52,660 --> 00:45:57,660
and watch my locator to see fish in rocks.

449
00:45:59,660 --> 00:46:05,660
So, I'm trying to watch what Brandon's doing to make sure that everything is good with him.

450
00:46:10,660 --> 00:46:12,660
There we go.

451
00:46:13,660 --> 00:46:15,660
So...

452
00:46:24,660 --> 00:46:32,660
But yeah, those two hatcheries will be here collecting eggs and spawning walleyes.

453
00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:35,660
So, it's mostly Lake Michigan...

454
00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:38,660
Fish are what wild rose raises.

455
00:46:38,660 --> 00:46:41,660
That's mostly the base in that...

456
00:46:43,660 --> 00:46:46,660
You know, we're mostly in the Lake Michigan drainage,

457
00:46:46,660 --> 00:46:50,660
so it's almost all Lake Michigan walleyes that get stocked.

458
00:46:52,660 --> 00:46:59,660
It's one or so other strains, just where it's located, like close enough to the Wisconsin River.

459
00:47:06,660 --> 00:47:08,660
They...

460
00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:11,660
No, I won't like it to do.

461
00:47:13,660 --> 00:47:15,660
I think I've looked at what's happening with me.

462
00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:16,660
Okay.

463
00:47:16,660 --> 00:47:18,660
One day, we can see what's happening.

464
00:47:18,660 --> 00:47:20,660
That's not really like...

465
00:47:26,660 --> 00:47:28,660
The day I like today,

466
00:47:28,660 --> 00:47:31,660
they'll be out this afternoon when it warms up a little,

467
00:47:31,660 --> 00:47:33,660
then it was pretty chilly this morning.

468
00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:36,660
They're starting to show up. There's some over there.

469
00:47:37,660 --> 00:47:40,660
When we had higher water earlier...

470
00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:45,660
Last week...

471
00:47:45,660 --> 00:47:49,660
we ran that rapid...

472
00:47:49,660 --> 00:47:54,660
and we were able to shock up in there and we just didn't catch much yet.

473
00:47:54,660 --> 00:47:55,660
Yep.

474
00:48:03,660 --> 00:48:10,660
Thanks for coming and helping.

475
00:48:10,660 --> 00:48:16,660
Thanks for coming and helping.

476
00:48:26,660 --> 00:48:28,660
There's definitely fish around.

477
00:48:33,660 --> 00:48:36,660
There's a lot of fish around here.

478
00:48:49,660 --> 00:48:50,660
Have you ever...

479
00:48:50,660 --> 00:48:53,660
Yeah, but you wouldn't go up there right now.

480
00:48:54,660 --> 00:48:56,660
Yeah, because...

481
00:48:56,660 --> 00:49:00,660
I was comfortable enough getting...

482
00:49:00,660 --> 00:49:04,660
fairly deep in between that ripple and that railroad bridge,

483
00:49:04,660 --> 00:49:06,660
but I could not get...

484
00:49:06,660 --> 00:49:11,660
I was not comfortable with the amount of water that was coming through that railroad bridge

485
00:49:11,660 --> 00:49:14,660
to get any farther upstream.

486
00:49:15,660 --> 00:49:17,660
That looks like a tank.

487
00:49:24,660 --> 00:49:25,660
Except off.

488
00:49:30,660 --> 00:49:32,660
There we go.

489
00:49:45,660 --> 00:49:48,660
Two bigger females laying down here again.

490
00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:51,660
I run those mostly males, so...

491
00:50:00,660 --> 00:50:02,660
There we go.

492
00:50:14,660 --> 00:50:15,660
Yep.

493
00:50:15,660 --> 00:50:19,660
Little rock islands are for those natural or...

494
00:50:19,660 --> 00:50:21,660
Yeah, that's all natural.

495
00:50:23,660 --> 00:50:27,660
That's kind of the whole island complex through there.

496
00:50:28,660 --> 00:50:31,660
Almost until you get to that flagpole.

497
00:50:32,660 --> 00:50:38,660
There's a name for that island, but I can't remember it off the top of my head.

498
00:50:41,660 --> 00:50:42,660
What?

499
00:50:42,660 --> 00:50:43,660
I did.

500
00:50:43,660 --> 00:50:45,660
One of the first trips that we were up in.

501
00:50:45,660 --> 00:50:47,660
There's not gonna lie on the list.

502
00:50:47,660 --> 00:50:49,660
There's a lot of sand and fog.

503
00:50:49,660 --> 00:50:50,660
Yeah.

504
00:50:50,660 --> 00:50:53,660
There's some rock areas, but a lot of sand and fog.

505
00:50:54,660 --> 00:50:56,660
Very good muffin.

506
00:50:58,660 --> 00:50:59,660
Green.

507
00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:01,660
6.1.5.

508
00:51:05,660 --> 00:51:06,660
Good.

509
00:51:06,660 --> 00:51:07,660
2.1.5.6.

510
00:51:08,660 --> 00:51:09,660
Yep.

511
00:51:09,660 --> 00:51:10,660
Ready.

512
00:51:12,660 --> 00:51:13,660
Green.

513
00:51:20,660 --> 00:51:21,660
5.8.7.

514
00:51:24,660 --> 00:51:25,660
5.8.

515
00:51:31,660 --> 00:51:32,660
Male.

516
00:51:34,660 --> 00:51:35,660
5.4.1.

517
00:51:42,660 --> 00:51:43,660
Male.

518
00:51:45,660 --> 00:51:47,660
5.0.5.3.5.

519
00:51:48,660 --> 00:51:50,660
Oh, that's a very capture.

520
00:51:51,660 --> 00:51:52,660
Okay.

521
00:51:54,660 --> 00:51:55,660
There we go.

522
00:52:00,660 --> 00:52:01,660
Green.

523
00:52:03,660 --> 00:52:04,660
Green.

524
00:52:05,660 --> 00:52:06,660
6.4.5.

525
00:52:09,660 --> 00:52:10,660
Tag number.

526
00:52:13,660 --> 00:52:15,660
2.1.2.9.7.

527
00:52:16,660 --> 00:52:17,660
2.1.3.9.7.

528
00:52:17,660 --> 00:52:20,660
So that would have been one that we tagged earlier this spring.

529
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:21,660
Yep.

530
00:52:22,660 --> 00:52:23,660
Male.5.1.

531
00:52:25,660 --> 00:52:26,660
5.2.1.

532
00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:30,660
Yes.

533
00:52:36,660 --> 00:52:37,660
Male.

534
00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:44,660
Oh no.

535
00:52:46,660 --> 00:52:47,660
5.4.2.

536
00:52:55,660 --> 00:52:56,660
Male.

537
00:53:03,660 --> 00:53:04,660
5.3.5.

538
00:53:08,660 --> 00:53:09,660
Good.

539
00:53:09,660 --> 00:53:10,660
Yep.

540
00:53:10,660 --> 00:53:11,660
End of the rack.

541
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:17,660
Nice.

542
00:53:33,660 --> 00:53:34,660
Green.

543
00:53:36,660 --> 00:53:37,660
6.8.0.

544
00:53:40,660 --> 00:53:42,660
2.1.5.7.6.

545
00:53:43,660 --> 00:53:44,660
Yep.

546
00:53:45,660 --> 00:53:46,660
5.5.2.

547
00:53:46,660 --> 00:53:47,660
5.5.2.

548
00:53:47,660 --> 00:53:48,660
5.5.2.

549
00:53:59,660 --> 00:54:00,660
Male.

550
00:54:01,660 --> 00:54:02,660
5.2.0.

551
00:54:02,660 --> 00:54:03,660
Oh, what's this, Jason?

552
00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:08,660
That is mental systems.

553
00:54:09,660 --> 00:54:14,660
This, I believe, like a humble type infection that you get.

554
00:54:14,660 --> 00:54:16,660
You see it on some of their size.

555
00:54:16,660 --> 00:54:17,660
Okay.

556
00:54:17,660 --> 00:54:18,660
Non-harmful.

557
00:54:19,660 --> 00:54:20,660
The best.

558
00:54:20,660 --> 00:54:21,660
The horror knowledge.

559
00:54:21,660 --> 00:54:24,660
I haven't heard it ever attributed to fish kills.

560
00:54:25,660 --> 00:54:26,660
Now it's tag number.

561
00:54:26,660 --> 00:54:27,660
2.1.5.7.9.

562
00:54:27,660 --> 00:54:28,660
Yep.

563
00:54:28,660 --> 00:54:29,660
That's correct.

564
00:54:29,660 --> 00:54:30,660
Male.

565
00:54:32,660 --> 00:54:33,660
5.9.8.

566
00:54:39,660 --> 00:54:40,660
Come on.

567
00:54:47,660 --> 00:54:48,660
5.07.

568
00:54:56,660 --> 00:54:57,660
Green.

569
00:54:58,660 --> 00:54:59,660
5.78.

570
00:55:06,660 --> 00:55:07,660
Male.

571
00:55:09,660 --> 00:55:10,660
5.16.

572
00:55:22,660 --> 00:55:23,660
5.40.

573
00:55:28,660 --> 00:55:29,660
Male.

574
00:55:30,660 --> 00:55:31,660
4.86.

575
00:55:31,660 --> 00:55:32,660
What was that length I didn't have to go by.

576
00:55:32,660 --> 00:55:33,660
5.27.

577
00:55:33,660 --> 00:55:34,660
All right.

578
00:55:34,660 --> 00:55:35,660
Tag number.

579
00:55:35,660 --> 00:55:36,660
2.15.86.

580
00:55:36,660 --> 00:55:37,660
Yep.

581
00:55:37,660 --> 00:55:38,660
Male.

582
00:55:38,660 --> 00:55:39,660
5.14.

583
00:55:39,660 --> 00:55:40,660
5.14.

584
00:55:40,660 --> 00:55:41,660
5.16.

585
00:55:41,660 --> 00:55:42,660
5.16.

586
00:55:42,660 --> 00:55:43,660
5.16.

587
00:55:43,660 --> 00:55:44,660
5.16.

588
00:55:44,660 --> 00:55:45,660
5.16.

589
00:55:45,660 --> 00:55:46,660
5.16.

590
00:55:46,660 --> 00:55:47,660
5.16.

591
00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:48,660
5.16.

592
00:55:48,660 --> 00:55:49,660
5.16.

593
00:55:49,660 --> 00:55:50,660
5.16.

594
00:55:50,660 --> 00:55:51,660
5.16.

595
00:55:51,660 --> 00:55:52,660
5.16.

596
00:55:52,660 --> 00:55:53,660
5.16.

597
00:55:53,660 --> 00:55:54,660
5.16.

598
00:55:54,660 --> 00:55:55,660
5.16.

599
00:55:55,660 --> 00:55:56,660
5.16.

600
00:55:56,660 --> 00:55:57,660
5.16.

601
00:55:58,660 --> 00:55:59,660
5.14.

602
00:56:12,660 --> 00:56:13,660
Male. 4.68.

603
00:56:14,660 --> 00:56:15,660
Male.

604
00:56:15,660 --> 00:56:16,660
5.52.

605
00:56:16,660 --> 00:56:17,660
Are we good?

606
00:56:17,660 --> 00:56:18,660
Yep.

607
00:56:18,660 --> 00:56:19,660
I'm rolling.

608
00:56:19,660 --> 00:56:20,660
All right.

609
00:56:20,660 --> 00:56:42,660
So I just wanted to add about the reward tags if anglers do catch a reward tag walleye

610
00:56:42,660 --> 00:56:43,660
that is valid.

611
00:56:43,660 --> 00:56:49,660
They do need proof that they caught that reward tag fish to get the $100 reward for walleyes

612
00:56:49,660 --> 00:56:54,660
for tomorrow and they could either provide picture proof so they can take a picture of

613
00:56:54,660 --> 00:56:57,660
the tag including the three digit tag number.

614
00:56:57,660 --> 00:57:01,660
The red tags are all three digit tag numbers associated with them.

615
00:57:01,660 --> 00:57:06,660
The yellow tags are five digit numbers so they can take a picture of the tag including

616
00:57:06,660 --> 00:57:11,660
the three digit number as well as the angler holding the fish or if they keep the fish

617
00:57:11,660 --> 00:57:16,660
they can mail the tag in or mail pictures of the tag after they fillet but they do need

618
00:57:16,660 --> 00:57:22,660
to also provide proof to get the $100 from walleyes for tomorrow.

619
00:57:22,660 --> 00:57:23,660
All right.

620
00:57:23,660 --> 00:57:24,660
Just mulling at you.

621
00:57:24,660 --> 00:57:28,660
How long have you been doing this?

622
00:57:28,660 --> 00:57:32,660
Like as a biologist or doing this tagging for this year?

623
00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:36,660
We're working the tagging with the walleye just in general.

624
00:57:36,660 --> 00:57:43,180
So we typically start tagging in mid-March or early March down on the Fox River.

625
00:57:43,180 --> 00:57:47,220
The Fox River is at far southern Green Bay and so that tends to warm up faster and get

626
00:57:47,220 --> 00:57:49,500
the earliest walleye run.

627
00:57:49,500 --> 00:58:05,660
So in our last tagging will be the last time you were out here.

628
00:58:05,660 --> 00:58:07,660
It was very cold and windy.

629
00:58:07,660 --> 00:58:08,660
Yep.

630
00:58:08,660 --> 00:58:11,660
What keeps you coming out here in like that weather year after year?

631
00:58:11,660 --> 00:58:16,660
It's the desire to do a good job at managing the walleye fishery.

632
00:58:16,660 --> 00:58:21,660
When the fish are here this is our best opportunity to get our hands on large numbers of fish to tag

633
00:58:21,660 --> 00:58:27,660
the numbers of fish that we need to tag and so as long as it's not a safety concern like our boats

634
00:58:27,660 --> 00:58:31,660
started to ice up throughout the day yesterday so then we stop but as long as it's not a

635
00:58:31,660 --> 00:58:34,660
safety hazard we work in all kinds of weather to get the job done.

636
00:58:34,660 --> 00:58:45,660
So we need to do an effective job at managing the fisheries that we're tasked with managing.

637
00:58:45,660 --> 00:58:53,660
A good answer for you other than it's likely or potentially driven by changes in substrate.

638
00:58:53,660 --> 00:59:01,660
Just below there's some really shallow rapids sections up there and of course our cobble gravel

639
00:59:01,660 --> 00:59:07,660
which is the type of substrate that the walleyes are likely looking for to spawn and there's

640
00:59:07,660 --> 00:59:12,660
some deeper holes that seem to be holding really good numbers of fish right below those cobble

641
00:59:12,660 --> 00:59:18,660
kind of fractured bedrock areas but I think once we move farther downstream it tends to be more

642
00:59:18,660 --> 00:59:26,660
softer, sandier, muckier substrates and they don't seem to be holding down below the bridge

643
00:59:26,660 --> 00:59:32,660
like they are up above the bridge so that's my only thought but that may be completely wrong

644
00:59:32,660 --> 00:59:36,660
I don't have a guaranteed answer for you.

645
00:59:49,660 --> 00:59:54,660
I didn't see if those guys got a walleye or if they had a sucker was a walleye?

646
00:59:54,660 --> 00:59:56,660
Nice.

647
01:00:00,660 --> 01:00:04,660
We'll have to fix that when we get home.

648
01:00:18,660 --> 01:00:22,660
We'll have to fix that.

649
01:00:48,660 --> 01:01:12,660
Based on size at stocking and stocking locations so that requires recaptures of those fish that we're

650
01:01:12,660 --> 01:01:24,660
taking at the time of stocking so that would really really help us understand or maximize

651
01:01:24,660 --> 01:01:31,660
the efficiency of our stocking based on how big do they need to get to maximize survival

652
01:01:31,660 --> 01:01:36,660
and where should we be stocking these things because if we can't get enough natural reproduction

653
01:01:36,660 --> 01:01:44,660
for muskies and it's going to be a stock fishery moving forward then it's really maximizing

654
01:01:44,660 --> 01:01:49,660
the efficiency of that stocking success to create the best fishery.

655
01:01:52,660 --> 01:01:56,660
We'll recapture that as the big one.

656
01:02:06,660 --> 01:02:10,660
We'll have to fix that.

657
01:02:36,660 --> 01:02:40,660
We'll have to fix that.

658
01:03:06,660 --> 01:03:10,660
We'll have to fix that.

659
01:03:36,660 --> 01:03:40,660
We'll have to fix that.

660
01:04:06,660 --> 01:04:10,660
We'll have to fix that.

661
01:04:36,660 --> 01:04:40,660
We'll have to fix that.

662
01:05:06,660 --> 01:05:10,660
We'll have to fix that.

663
01:05:36,660 --> 01:05:40,660
We'll have to fix that.

664
01:05:40,660 --> 01:05:44,660
We'll have to fix that.

665
01:05:44,660 --> 01:05:48,660
We'll have to fix that.

666
01:05:48,660 --> 01:05:52,660
We'll have to fix that.

667
01:05:52,660 --> 01:05:56,660
We'll have to fix that.

668
01:05:56,660 --> 01:06:00,660
We'll have to fix that.

669
01:06:00,660 --> 01:06:04,660
We'll have to fix that.

670
01:06:04,660 --> 01:06:08,660
We'll have to fix that.

671
01:06:08,660 --> 01:06:12,660
We'll have to fix that.

672
01:06:12,660 --> 01:06:16,660
We'll have to fix that.

673
01:06:16,660 --> 01:06:20,660
We'll have to fix that.

674
01:06:20,660 --> 01:06:24,660
We'll have to fix that.

675
01:06:24,660 --> 01:06:28,660
We'll have to fix that.

676
01:06:28,660 --> 01:06:32,660
We'll have to fix that.

677
01:06:32,660 --> 01:06:36,660
We'll have to fix that.

678
01:06:36,660 --> 01:06:40,660
We'll have to fix that.

679
01:06:40,660 --> 01:06:44,660
We'll have to fix that.

680
01:06:44,660 --> 01:06:48,660
We'll have to fix that.

681
01:06:48,660 --> 01:06:52,660
We'll have to fix that.

682
01:06:52,660 --> 01:06:56,660
We'll have to fix that.

683
01:06:56,660 --> 01:07:00,660
We'll have to fix that.

684
01:07:00,660 --> 01:07:04,660
We'll have to fix that.

685
01:07:04,660 --> 01:07:08,660
We'll have to fix that.

686
01:07:08,660 --> 01:07:12,660
We'll have to fix that.

687
01:07:12,660 --> 01:07:16,660
We'll have to fix that.

688
01:07:16,660 --> 01:07:20,660
We'll have to fix that.

689
01:07:20,660 --> 01:07:24,660
We'll have to fix that.

690
01:07:24,660 --> 01:07:28,660
We'll have to fix that.

691
01:07:28,660 --> 01:07:32,660
We'll have to fix that.

692
01:07:32,660 --> 01:07:36,660
We'll have to fix that.

693
01:07:36,660 --> 01:07:40,660
We'll have to fix that.

694
01:07:40,660 --> 01:07:44,660
We'll have to fix that.

695
01:07:44,660 --> 01:07:48,660
We'll have to fix that.

696
01:07:48,660 --> 01:07:52,660
We'll have to fix that.

697
01:07:52,660 --> 01:07:56,660
We'll have to fix that.

698
01:07:56,660 --> 01:08:00,660
We'll have to fix that.

699
01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:04,660
We'll fix that.

700
01:08:04,660 --> 01:08:11,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

701
01:08:11,660 --> 01:08:18,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

702
01:08:18,660 --> 01:08:25,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

703
01:08:25,660 --> 01:08:31,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

704
01:08:31,660 --> 01:08:38,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

705
01:08:38,660 --> 01:08:45,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

706
01:08:45,660 --> 01:08:52,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

707
01:08:52,660 --> 01:08:57,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

708
01:08:57,660 --> 01:09:04,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

709
01:09:04,660 --> 01:09:11,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

710
01:09:11,660 --> 01:09:18,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

711
01:09:18,660 --> 01:09:23,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

712
01:09:23,660 --> 01:09:28,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

713
01:09:28,660 --> 01:09:33,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

714
01:09:33,660 --> 01:09:38,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

715
01:09:38,660 --> 01:09:43,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

716
01:09:43,660 --> 01:09:48,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

717
01:09:48,660 --> 01:09:55,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

718
01:09:55,660 --> 01:10:02,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

719
01:10:02,660 --> 01:10:09,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

720
01:10:09,660 --> 01:10:14,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

721
01:10:14,660 --> 01:10:19,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

722
01:10:19,660 --> 01:10:24,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

723
01:10:24,660 --> 01:10:29,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

724
01:10:29,660 --> 01:10:34,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

725
01:10:34,660 --> 01:10:38,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

726
01:10:38,660 --> 01:10:43,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

727
01:10:43,660 --> 01:10:48,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

728
01:10:48,660 --> 01:10:53,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

729
01:10:53,660 --> 01:10:58,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

730
01:10:58,660 --> 01:11:03,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

731
01:11:03,660 --> 01:11:07,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

732
01:11:07,660 --> 01:11:12,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

733
01:11:12,660 --> 01:11:17,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

734
01:11:17,660 --> 01:11:22,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

735
01:11:22,660 --> 01:11:27,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

736
01:11:27,660 --> 01:11:32,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

737
01:11:32,660 --> 01:11:36,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

738
01:11:36,660 --> 01:11:41,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

739
01:11:41,660 --> 01:11:46,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

740
01:11:46,660 --> 01:11:51,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

741
01:11:51,660 --> 01:11:56,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

742
01:11:56,660 --> 01:12:01,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

743
01:12:01,660 --> 01:12:05,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

744
01:12:05,660 --> 01:12:10,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

745
01:12:10,660 --> 01:12:15,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

746
01:12:15,660 --> 01:12:20,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

747
01:12:20,660 --> 01:12:25,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

748
01:12:25,660 --> 01:12:30,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

749
01:12:30,660 --> 01:12:34,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

750
01:12:34,660 --> 01:12:39,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

751
01:12:39,660 --> 01:12:44,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

752
01:12:44,660 --> 01:12:49,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

753
01:12:49,660 --> 01:12:54,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

754
01:12:54,660 --> 01:12:59,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

755
01:12:59,660 --> 01:13:03,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

756
01:13:03,660 --> 01:13:08,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

757
01:13:08,660 --> 01:13:13,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

758
01:13:13,660 --> 01:13:18,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

759
01:13:18,660 --> 01:13:23,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

760
01:13:23,660 --> 01:13:28,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

761
01:13:28,660 --> 01:13:32,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

762
01:13:32,660 --> 01:13:37,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

763
01:13:37,660 --> 01:13:42,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

764
01:13:42,660 --> 01:13:47,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

765
01:13:47,660 --> 01:13:52,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

766
01:13:52,660 --> 01:13:57,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

767
01:13:57,660 --> 01:14:01,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

768
01:14:01,660 --> 01:14:06,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

769
01:14:06,660 --> 01:14:11,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

770
01:14:11,660 --> 01:14:16,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

771
01:14:16,660 --> 01:14:21,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

772
01:14:21,660 --> 01:14:26,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

773
01:14:26,660 --> 01:14:30,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

774
01:14:30,660 --> 01:14:35,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

775
01:14:35,660 --> 01:14:40,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

776
01:14:40,660 --> 01:14:45,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

777
01:14:45,660 --> 01:14:50,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

778
01:14:50,660 --> 01:14:55,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

779
01:14:55,660 --> 01:14:59,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

780
01:14:59,660 --> 01:15:04,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

781
01:15:04,660 --> 01:15:09,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

782
01:15:09,660 --> 01:15:14,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

783
01:15:14,660 --> 01:15:19,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

784
01:15:19,660 --> 01:15:24,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

785
01:15:24,660 --> 01:15:28,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

786
01:15:28,660 --> 01:15:33,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

787
01:15:33,660 --> 01:15:38,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

788
01:15:38,660 --> 01:15:43,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

789
01:15:43,660 --> 01:15:48,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

790
01:15:48,660 --> 01:15:53,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

791
01:15:53,660 --> 01:15:57,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

792
01:15:57,660 --> 01:16:02,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

793
01:16:02,660 --> 01:16:07,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

794
01:16:07,660 --> 01:16:12,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

795
01:16:12,660 --> 01:16:17,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

796
01:16:17,660 --> 01:16:22,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

797
01:16:22,660 --> 01:16:26,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

798
01:16:26,660 --> 01:16:31,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

799
01:16:31,660 --> 01:16:36,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

800
01:16:36,660 --> 01:16:41,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

801
01:16:41,660 --> 01:16:46,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

802
01:16:46,660 --> 01:16:51,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

803
01:16:51,660 --> 01:16:55,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

804
01:16:55,660 --> 01:17:00,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

805
01:17:00,660 --> 01:17:05,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

806
01:17:05,660 --> 01:17:10,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

807
01:17:10,660 --> 01:17:15,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

808
01:17:15,660 --> 01:17:20,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

809
01:17:20,660 --> 01:17:24,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

810
01:17:24,660 --> 01:17:29,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

811
01:17:29,660 --> 01:17:34,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

812
01:17:34,660 --> 01:17:39,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

813
01:17:39,660 --> 01:17:44,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

814
01:17:44,660 --> 01:17:49,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

815
01:17:49,660 --> 01:17:53,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

816
01:17:53,660 --> 01:17:58,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

817
01:17:58,660 --> 01:18:03,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

818
01:18:03,660 --> 01:18:08,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

819
01:18:08,660 --> 01:18:13,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

820
01:18:13,660 --> 01:18:18,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

821
01:18:18,660 --> 01:18:22,660
I'm going to go ahead and see if I can get a little bit of water out of here.

822
01:18:22,660 --> 01:18:44,660
What's your favorite one off the generator?

823
01:18:44,660 --> 01:18:47,660
Oh, just a little battery right here.

824
01:18:47,660 --> 01:18:52,860
Oh, the boat. Yeah, yeah, I got it. They run me. Yeah, everything's off a generator for the

825
01:18:52,860 --> 01:19:01,900
electricity in that. They've got, see the other red, red thing there, it's what's pumping me pumping

826
01:19:01,900 --> 01:19:06,220
the, pumping the electricity up to the front there.

827
01:19:18,500 --> 01:19:36,940
Around the next couple or.

828
01:24:06,940 --> 01:24:08,940
So

829
01:24:36,940 --> 01:24:38,940
So

830
01:25:06,940 --> 01:25:08,940
So

831
01:25:36,940 --> 01:25:38,940
So

832
01:26:06,940 --> 01:26:08,940
So

833
01:26:36,940 --> 01:26:38,940
So

834
01:27:36,940 --> 01:27:38,940
Oh

835
01:28:06,940 --> 01:28:34,460
I'm going to grab a rack of each and do a little comparison of what the tags themselves

836
01:28:34,460 --> 01:28:49,020
say. So these are the red reward tags that we're putting out and on one side it says

837
01:28:49,020 --> 01:28:54,620
reward $100 and it has a date that they're valid until, so the tags we're putting out

838
01:28:54,620 --> 01:28:59,820
this Springer valid until March 31st, 2026. It's approximately one year. We're trying

839
01:28:59,820 --> 01:29:04,740
to get the annual exploitation rate, so the exploitation for basically a year from when

840
01:29:04,740 --> 01:29:09,860
we're tagging them. And the other side, that's the three digit number that's associated

841
01:29:09,860 --> 01:29:16,260
with this tag, so 376 and that's the email address to report tag returns to. So that's

842
01:29:16,260 --> 01:29:23,540
what the red tags say on them. The yellow tags that are the non-reward tags, they say

843
01:29:23,540 --> 01:29:28,820
Green Bay DNR office, that's where my team is based out of is the Green Bay DNR office

844
01:29:28,820 --> 01:29:36,500
and it has the five digit tag number and then it has the email address that you can

845
01:29:36,500 --> 01:29:43,100
report tags to. So we're going to put out some red reward tags this year. We're putting

846
01:29:43,100 --> 01:29:50,100
out right now, we're putting out a total of 400, 150 for the Fox River, 110 for the

847
01:29:50,100 --> 01:29:57,260
Menominee River, 50 for the O'Connor River, 50 for the Pestigo River, and 40 for Sturgeon Bay.

848
01:29:57,700 --> 01:30:13,860
So we're putting them out in all the different locations that were tagging. 25. Yes, and

849
01:30:13,860 --> 01:30:19,980
we'll put out all 25 when we've got 50 out so far on the Menominee River. We try to spread

850
01:30:19,980 --> 01:30:26,260
them out as we're tagging. You know, we tagged reward tag fish kind of at the same progression

851
01:30:26,260 --> 01:30:33,940
as the rest of our tag. Now set, yep, green,

852
01:30:33,940 --> 01:30:41,540
six, six, three,

853
01:30:41,540 --> 01:30:49,580
seven, six,

854
01:30:49,580 --> 01:30:54,020
three, seven, six,

855
01:30:54,020 --> 01:31:04,300
seven, six, five, two, four,

856
01:31:04,300 --> 01:31:22,860
three, six, four, five,

857
01:31:22,860 --> 01:31:29,860
five, four, three,

858
01:31:29,860 --> 01:31:34,460
three, five, two, five, two, five, two, five,

859
01:31:34,460 --> 01:31:54,740
three, five, two, five, three,

860
01:31:54,740 --> 01:32:04,260
five, two, five, two, four,

861
01:32:04,260 --> 01:32:15,820
five, two, four, five, three, three,

862
01:32:15,820 --> 01:32:22,820
four, nine,

863
01:32:22,820 --> 01:32:29,820
four, nine,

864
01:32:29,820 --> 01:32:43,820
nine, seven, three, five, eight, six,

865
01:32:43,820 --> 01:32:54,820
five, eight, six, four, five, two, three, four,

866
01:32:54,820 --> 01:33:04,820
yep, perfect, male, four, nine, five,

867
01:33:04,820 --> 01:33:19,820
three, five, seven, zero,

868
01:33:19,820 --> 01:33:39,820
male, five, three, two, three,

869
01:33:39,820 --> 01:33:54,820
six, eight, two,

870
01:33:54,820 --> 01:34:08,820
male, five, three, eight,

871
01:34:08,820 --> 01:34:35,820
three, six, four, four, three, five, eight, three,

872
01:34:35,820 --> 01:34:50,820
five, three, nine, five, five, two, three, nine, five,

873
01:34:50,820 --> 01:35:04,820
five, two, two,

874
01:35:04,820 --> 01:35:25,820
five, five, five, five, five, five, five, seven,

875
01:35:25,820 --> 01:35:40,820
five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,

876
01:35:40,820 --> 01:35:55,820
five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,

877
01:35:55,820 --> 01:36:25,820
five, five, five, five, five, six, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five

878
01:36:25,820 --> 01:36:55,820
and five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, six, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, eight, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, six, five, five, five, six, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, three, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,

879
01:36:55,820 --> 01:37:03,540
exploitation based on sex and we don't get enough unknown fish to get a good

880
01:37:03,540 --> 01:37:09,200
return rate and things. So we typically don't put the reward tags in the immature

881
01:37:09,200 --> 01:37:19,260
fish. What was it? The length? 2-1-6-2-6. Yes, length of 407. Okay.

882
01:37:25,820 --> 01:37:41,860
3-9-8. You need a red one? Yes. Okay.

883
01:38:25,820 --> 01:38:53,660
1-1-6-2-6.

884
01:38:53,660 --> 01:38:58,460
Now the one in Turtle Lake is not.

885
01:39:23,660 --> 01:39:51,500
1-1-6-2-6.

886
01:39:51,500 --> 01:40:19,340
1-1-6-2-6.

887
01:40:19,340 --> 01:40:45,160
Run. Our goal this year was 1,700 for the fox, 650 for the Ocanto, 650 for the

888
01:40:45,160 --> 01:40:56,280
pestigo, 1,500 for the Menominee River and 500 for the Sturgeon Bay area.

889
01:41:15,160 --> 01:41:31,560
Ready? You guys ready?

890
01:41:31,560 --> 01:41:43,640
Alright, you guys are on and you're shocking.

891
01:42:01,560 --> 01:42:09,720
It's a good question. We don't have population estimates. It's just such a

892
01:42:09,720 --> 01:42:14,720
big system. We'd have to do likely a mark recapture where we mark enough

893
01:42:14,720 --> 01:42:20,760
fish and get enough recaptures to get a population estimate but we've had

894
01:42:20,760 --> 01:42:30,000
handled 180 some fish so far today and we've gotten two recaptures and that's

895
01:42:30,080 --> 01:42:36,040
it so we just don't see enough recaptures to get a good population estimate. I don't

896
01:42:36,040 --> 01:42:41,880
know how many fish we'd have to handle and tag to get enough recaptures so lots.

897
01:42:41,880 --> 01:42:49,560
I mean it's estimated that anglers harvest 75,000 to 150,000 walleyes a

898
01:42:49,560 --> 01:42:58,160
year out of the system now. Our estimated exploitation rate from last year for the

899
01:42:58,160 --> 01:43:03,760
last season you know the tags that we tag last spring you know for basically

900
01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:12,520
the full year up until now is just under 5% you know so if there are

901
01:43:12,520 --> 01:43:20,640
almost than 75 to 130, 140,000 fish and that's 5 to 10% of the population you

902
01:43:20,640 --> 01:43:25,120
know lots and lots of fish in the system.

903
01:44:20,640 --> 01:44:28,080
Just throw the sucker in their tambourine and get it out.

904
01:45:20,640 --> 01:45:50,480
That's just the water bottle.

905
01:46:20,640 --> 01:46:50,640
I'm going to take a look at the water bottle and I'm going to take a look at the water bottle and I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I

906
01:46:50,640 --> 01:47:20,640
'm going to take a look at the water bottle I're going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take that look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I'm going to take a look at the water bottle I add in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I add in the water bottle I added the water bottle I added in a water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I add in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added in the water bottle I added

907
01:47:20,640 --> 01:47:26,480
to feel like you're making a difference, managing our natural resources, ensuring a high quality

908
01:47:26,480 --> 01:47:29,880
and a sustainable fishery into the future.

909
01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:35,880
So a lot of people get into this field because they like to do this kind of work, field work,

910
01:47:35,880 --> 01:47:42,920
you know, handle lots of fish, but actually enjoy talking to anglers more now than doing

911
01:47:42,920 --> 01:47:47,560
this kind of work, hearing about kids' first experiences catching fish or somebody that

912
01:47:47,560 --> 01:47:54,320
caught a fish of a lifetime, a 30-plus-inch walleye or a 55-inch musky, something like

913
01:47:54,320 --> 01:47:55,320
that.

914
01:47:55,320 --> 01:48:01,600
So it is quite rewarding to feel like we're making a difference in managing the resources

915
01:48:01,600 --> 01:48:08,160
for the good of everyone, so for the future, so that kids and grandkids can enjoy these

916
01:48:08,160 --> 01:48:09,160
as well.

917
01:48:09,160 --> 01:48:11,160
A few fish in every time.

918
01:48:11,160 --> 01:48:12,160
I do.

919
01:48:12,160 --> 01:48:13,160
I fish.

920
01:48:13,160 --> 01:48:17,520
Sometimes I go walleye fishing, I don't have a boat, so I do a lot of shore fishing.

921
01:48:17,520 --> 01:48:25,120
But I'm all fish for trout and salmon and great lake streams and, you know, I will fish

922
01:48:25,120 --> 01:48:29,840
shore walleye runs like this on occasion, but yeah, I do enjoy fishing in the outdoors

923
01:48:29,840 --> 01:48:30,840
myself.

924
01:48:30,840 --> 01:48:37,720
Do you have a pitch of walleye, this is the biggest one you eat these ones?

925
01:48:37,720 --> 01:48:43,920
The biggest walleye I've ever caught with hook and line is 28 inches, so a nice fish.

926
01:48:43,920 --> 01:48:50,920
Just back in Minnesota, so when I, where I grew up, where am I going forward here?

927
01:49:43,920 --> 01:49:50,920
Biggest walleye is not, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,

928
01:50:13,920 --> 01:50:36,920
come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

929
01:50:36,920 --> 01:50:42,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

930
01:50:42,920 --> 01:51:05,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

931
01:51:05,920 --> 01:51:11,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

932
01:51:11,920 --> 01:51:34,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

933
01:51:34,920 --> 01:51:57,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

934
01:51:57,920 --> 01:52:20,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

935
01:52:20,920 --> 01:52:43,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

936
01:52:43,920 --> 01:53:06,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

937
01:53:06,920 --> 01:53:29,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

938
01:53:29,920 --> 01:53:52,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

939
01:53:52,920 --> 01:54:15,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

940
01:54:15,920 --> 01:54:38,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

941
01:54:38,920 --> 01:55:01,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

942
01:55:01,920 --> 01:55:24,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come

943
01:55:24,920 --> 01:55:50,920
on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

944
01:55:50,920 --> 01:56:19,920
male 557, male 553,

945
01:56:19,920 --> 01:56:33,920
male 577,

946
01:56:33,920 --> 01:56:48,920
come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

947
01:56:48,920 --> 01:56:53,920
male 493,

948
01:56:53,920 --> 01:57:14,920
male 493,

949
01:57:14,920 --> 01:57:24,920
male 530,

950
01:57:24,920 --> 01:57:53,920
male 530,

951
01:57:53,920 --> 01:58:08,920
male 471, male 467,

952
01:58:08,920 --> 01:58:15,920
male 517,

953
01:58:15,920 --> 01:58:22,920
male 517,

954
01:58:22,920 --> 01:58:43,920
male 517,

955
01:58:43,920 --> 01:59:06,920
male 547,

956
01:59:06,920 --> 01:59:16,920
male 548,

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02:01:32,100 --> 02:01:48,340
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02:01:48,340 --> 02:02:03,340
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5

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02:02:22,080 --> 02:02:37,080
male

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5

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02:02:52,320 --> 02:03:07,320
male

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02:03:23,560 --> 02:03:38,560
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02:03:57,300 --> 02:04:12,300
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5

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02:04:27,540 --> 02:04:42,540
male

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