A moment that felt like a painting.

Harvested my first Kansas turkey this morning! #WIHA #HuntKS

As my paternal leave is coming to an end this week, I’ve loved spending time with my little boy! I’m ready to get back to work and begin my fall netting season to evaluate the fish populations I manage! #NewDad #FisheriesManagement

Turned in edits to NAJFM for a paper that I reviewed, sent a draft of a manuscript to coauthors to review before submission, and set nets to run tomorrow! It was a pretty productive day. #FisheriesManagement

THE ATLANTA BRAVES ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES! #BattleATL

Let’s go baby!!!! An unbelievable run! As a lifelong Braves fan, this is very special to witness! #WorldSeries #BattleATL

There’s nothing better than a drive into work with a sunrise, a cup of coffee, and listening to the The Fisheries Podcast! #HappyMonday

Getting an email about getting a manuscript accepted is a good start to the evening! #fisheries

Shout out to my coauthors Ben Neely Ernesto Flores and Scott Waters!

BIG TEN CHAMPIONS! #Hawkeyes

It feels good to be back to working on some manuscripts after some completed spring time fieldwork. #fisheries

New paper alert! Check out some cool research we published in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. Big thanks to my coauthors Ben Neely Ernesto Flores, and Scott Waters. Evaluation of Goldeye Life History Characteristics in Two Kansas Reservoirs meridian.allenpress.com/jfwm/article/1…

Found this little guy in a trap (fyke) net while out sampling at Milford Reservoir today. One of the smallest gar I’ve ever sampled. #fisheries

FRISCO BOUND #GoJacks 🐰🏈

Do you like fish? Do you like money? What if I told you about an opportunity to work with fish AND make money!?! Come work with KDWP in beautiful Shawnee, KS as a district fisheries biologist. Open until January 13. ksoutdoors.com/content/downlo…

Pretty cool to see some of the work I had the privilege of leading being utilized as examples in R @DerekOgle51. Other recreated figures from this paper can be found on @fishR_ogle too.

Does fish-finding sonar impact anglers? Angler catch of Blue Catfish was not influenced by live-imaging sonar in this controlled experiment. However, there was evidence that the use of live-imaging sonar influenced angler perception and behavior @thekdwp bit.ly/3uu6dMH

Looking for my next grad student. Fish folks, share widely! jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=8…

Leucistic Blue Catfish are cool. Leucistic Blue Catfish from Milford Reservoir, KS are the coolest. But how prevalent is this mutation? Do anglers care? Does pigmentation influence angler behavior? We don't know either. Ask me or Brett Miller in a month or so.

I got to see my first melanistic shortnose gar at Milford Reservoir today. We were out doing research on blue catfish and channel catfish with K-State today when this rare looking gar surfaced. Seeing this along with leucistic and piebald blue catfish in the same day is special.