JD Schooley

I’ve gotta find a way to watch this show. Not only #paddlefish, but Oklahoma Keystone Lake paddlefish! I might need to do some fact-checking.

As a scientist, I expected you to count the layers to estimate the age of neglect. 😂

Someone has monetized “my ex while watching a movie”? I never would have predicted it.

The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...

#nongame #management

a capybara is sitting in a bathtub with its hands on its chest . ALT: a capybara is sitting in a bathtub with its hands on its chest .

The chillest of protest animals.

YouTube video by Big Block Singsong Big Block Singsong | Monkey

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Image of the side of a delivery van with a graphic stating “GARDAWORLD”

Indeed, they are, to @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
@garlab.bsky.social #gar 😎

The Oklahoma Biological Survey at the University of Oklahoma is hiring a tenure-track freshwater ecologist. This is a great opportunity at a wonderful place to work. Please spread the word and encourage folks to apply: apply.interfolio.com/174472

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

EN – LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon With the LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon project, its international partners pursue the goal of saving the remaining four sturgeon species in the Danube river basin from extinction. From 2022 to 2030, the projec...

And if you’re interested in the great #sturgeon work Thomas and his colleagues are doing, definitely check out lb4sturgeon.eu

Many thanks to @jeffkopaska.bsky.social of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social for donating this #sturgeon puzzle artwork to the NA Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society. The proud new owner, Thomas, from World Sturgeon Conservation Society will display this masterpiece in Vienna, Austria! nasps-sturgeon.org

In CO, I reliably find pikas in the seemingly inhospitable talus fields.

Couldn’t ask for a better team. 😎
Thx, AFS-FMS @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social

We did have a great one. It was a MN trip, which had us stopping in IA there and back. I didn’t watch the OSU game yesterday, but I could hear the curses in the atmosphere. Not looking good.

Last week, we made another visit to Spirit Lake / Okoboji, Iowa, to pay our respects to the putatively “largest #paddlefish ever caught”. We also did some fishing. doi.org/10.1002/fsh....

NASPS 2025 Annual Meeting - NASPS

Nice! Thanks, Jeff. Gonna be a sweet conference up in Nelson, British Columbia. If anyone out there has an interest in #sturgeon and #paddlefish #conservation, i encourage you to check out NASPS nasps-sturgeon.org/nasps-2025-a...

Inside the Dennison home in the movie Hocus Pocus is a pair of fish prints- one with four species and the other with a likely trout species.

Fish print featuring four species. Scene from movie Hocus Pocus

Partial image of a fish print featuring a likely trout species. Scene from the movie Hocus Pocus

Name those fish… 🎃
Just spotted this scene from the movie Hocus Pocus. Home decor of the Dennison family features two framed fish prints. Only context is that the family recently moved from Los Angeles to Salem. Left image appears to be a trout sp. 🤷‍♂️

Our job opening closes Sunday night (tomorrow). Last-minute apps welcome!!

#fisheries #paddlefish #nongame

Our #paddlefish and #native #nongame technician job is NOW OPEN! Please share widely.
Taking apps until 9/7
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Freshwater Drum: Hard-Fighting, Tasty Native Game Fish | Nebraskaland Magazine Greg Wagner dispels some myths and shares some perspective on the benefits of catching and cooking freshwater drum in Nebraska.

Great article on the angling and food value of Freshwater Drum, an often overlooked de facto game fish!
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I saw your mug featured on an easel, but knew you were at that *other* conference.

Congrats!

Some Lemon Bois?

Heilman: Bowfin fishing, research leads to new discoveries Well, the native fish folks are at it again, stirring the pot and doing weird stuff in public. They’re relentless like that—but in a good way.

"Part of what we're doing here today is working with citizen scientist anglers who know how to catch these fish, and get samples that will contribute to our data to better understand these populations, their ecology, life history.”
www.mankatofreepress.com/sports/local... @garlab.bsky.social

Fresh knobby tires on my Kove 450 Rally motorcycle.

Fresh knobby tires on my Kove 450 Rally motorcycle.

That new tire feeling. 😎
#ADVRider

A Shortnose Gar headshot is pictured against the backdrop of the Minnesota River. Obviously on the lookout for potential GARduate students.

JOIN US!!!

@garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026!

Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email srdavid@umn.edu with CV if interested!

Sad, but metal.