I Speak for the Fish

A jellyfish bloom in the Great Lakes is a rare sight to behold but a camera installed in the St. Clair River captured one of the largest blooms ever recorded and live streamed them to the world.

Dazzling metallic flashes radiated around me with each twist and turn of their slender bodies. I was completely immobilized and mesmerized by the splendor.  

I’m a sucker for a cute sucker, but it’s a small fan club.

Harassment takes many forms and actions do have consequences. In this case, a tiny crayfish gets the last laugh when the harasser becomes the victim.

Sculpin are masters of camouflage and only the most discerning of observers will ever spot one.

Between catfish, lake sturgeon, muskellunge, logperch, round goby, rainbow trout, gizzard shad, northern madtom, sunfish and walleye, the readers’ favorite goes to…

Walleye are known for their deadpan stare but there is more to this Great Lakes native than a ghostly gaze and a fillet sizzling in butter.

A team of ducks leads us to where the invasive round gobies are overwintering and along the way schools us in how to find fish underwater.

Sunfish offer a special opportunity for people, particularly families with children, to develop a lifelong love affair with nature and fish — no worm required.

Doom and gloom coverage of the Great Lakes’ underwater realm has unfairly skewed the public’s perception.

A short, curated list of books that have in one way or another influenced my career.

Northern madtom are an indicator species. What does it mean to be an indicator species? What can the tiny catfish tell us? And who, if anyone, is listening?