Tippets: Scouting Runs, Studying Pike, Economic Benefits of the Fishing Industry

March 27, 2013 By: Erin Block

  • Before wading in and fishing a run, Kirk Deeter presents five tips for scouting a run, making your effort the most successful it can be.
  • Using otoliths, commonly known as “ear stones,” researchers in Green Bay, Wisconsin are studying the spawning behavior or Northern Pike in small streams.
  • Recreational as well as commercial fishing is a job creator, finds a report by the NOAA, generating more than $199 billion in sales and supporting 1.7 million jobs in the nation’s economy in 2011.