Beckie Gaskill
Recent Stories
What is the deal with shed hunting?
For the uninitiated, shed hunting is not spending a day in the spring at a big box home improvement store or an Amish village looking for a building in which to store the lawn tractor. Sheds, in this case, are antlers that are shed from buck white tailed deer or other cervids sometime during late winter or early spring. Some may wonder why this “shedding” would happen.
Study shows metal and plastic surfaces can be contaminated with CWD when processing venison
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an always fatal neurological disease affecting cervids such as white tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. CWD is prion disease, which are misfolded proteins. These prions have the propensity to actually bind to surfaces. A recent study looked at their ability to bind to surfaces when processing contaminated venison.
Get ready to fish a Neko rig this spring
The Neko rig has truly been around a long time. But it has not gained popularity, perhaps due to its previous lack of a name, until the last few years. The Neko rig is a finesse fishing tactic that can be deadly any time of the year, but works especially well in the prespawn and spawn time of the year.
Fish Like a GIRL
There’s been a lot of talk lately in the bass fishing world about a thing called the “no information rule.” I totally understand the rule, at its heart, but I also feel like it is being carried a little too far in some instances.
Crescent Lake shifts focus to walleye conservation: trophy bass regulations abandoned
After over two decades of being managed as a trophy bass fishery, with a one fish over 18-inch bag limit per day, regulations on Crescent Lake west of Rhinelander are about to be turned on their head. After seeing walleye recruitment fall off drastically starting in 2018, concerns over that species’ population now trump concerns over the bass population.
Wetland management plays an important role in waterfowl management and regulations
At this year’s Wisconsin Wetland Science Conference, there were several talks related to wetlands and waterfowl. One of those was presented by Taylor Finger, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) game bird ecologist. Waterfowl and migratory birds, he said, are federally regulated by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Save the Chain campaign rallies to raise $250,000 by July 5
The battle for the Manitowish Waters Chain of Lakes is one, and the enemy if an unfortunately all-too-familiar one: Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM). EWM has made its way into many Northwoods lakes, and many of those lakes, too, are fighting back against this common enemy. Now it is the Manitowish Waters Chain’s turn to take on that fight.
