#fieldworkisfunwork

Super fun day pulling trap nets with the IDNR and my lovely buddy @charmander921 💖🐟😍 at Spring Lake in Macomb, IL! Lots of channel catfish, some muskie, a big white/striped bass hybrid, and some black and yellow bullheads! Not pictured but caught: bluegill, black and white crappie, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, and yellowbass! * * * * * * * * * * * #fieldworkisfunwork #fisharefrens #womeninscience #ladybiologists #trapnets #IDNR #SpringLake #MacombIllinois #gradschoolthings #showmeyourkitties #catchandrelease #forscience #whitestripehybrid #channelcatfish #blackbullhead #yellowbullhead #muskellunge #muskie #gorlpower (at Spring Lake) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw-STybFzJQm6ytFkiTXnNit9hJMTGZtUEDTpA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hqvhbg6p18if

Spooky sampling! Last day of field season was spent on the Mississippi river yesterday 💀👻🎃🖤🐟 we got some biggins! Feesh: smallmouth buffalo, orangespotted sunfish, walleye and sauger, black buffalo, longnose gar, same walleye and sauger 👍 #howneatisthat #thatsprettyneat #neature #fisharefrens #fieldworkisfunwork #happyhalloween (at Clarksville, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/BppYgNhgPL671OUUQyvD9yzCsuGQ6BwDevDVrw0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ky8rc0cy9kfh

Here we see a potato holding a blue sucker 🥔🐟 #fisharefrens #hoopnets #fieldworkisfunwork #riverrat (at Mississippi River) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoO6WILHIsTpIJ3rd-sBMgbgaw1rrxAeSPj72A0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b2t7y1771wve

Gorgeous day! We had a demonstration for some interns and showed them all kinds of fishes from electrofishing, gill nets, and fyke nets! Caught a bunch of turtles too. Fun day! 💖🐟☀🐢💦 #fieldworkisfunwork #ladybiologist #fisharefrens (at Alton, Illinois)

Wasn't supposed to be out in the field the past two days but I'm thankful we were. Literally saved trees. Just call me the Lorax! We cleared dead overgrown brush and helped fallen trees back up 🤘💚 #fieldworkisfunwork #teamlorax #screamforthetrees #werkwerkwerk #ladybiologists #autumn #midwestlife #neature #outdoors (at Hannibal, Missouri)

Lunch break from seining 🐟☀💚 #alwayseating #noms #ladybiologists #bestfren #fieldworkisfunwork #riverrats (at Missouri River)

Only caught 3 babies today in hoop nets but we beat the storm! 🐊🐟 #fisharefrens #fishkisses #fieldworkisfunwork #shovelnosesturgeon #dreamteam 📷: @bleps (at Missouri River)

I'm enjoying this bat work so so much and will hopefully get to do it more. What a great experience getting to do something new and meet some amazing biologists! 💖🦇 #fieldworkisfunwork #bats #tricoloredbat #furbabies #geekingout (at Stilwell, Oklahoma)