Happy Sunday! For this week’s #SundayFishSketch theme of harvest I decided to go with a fish that reminds me of the harvest season, the Pumpkinseed! 🎃 🐟

ICB Celebrating @lizlagomorph.bsky.social 's #SciArtSeptember & @lampichthys.bsky.social 's #SundayFishSketch spotlight on @nicholeangell.bsky.social who shares her #art & her thoughts on the intersection of #science and art. integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/a...

Another new paper out! 😱🧑‍🔬 "Recommendations from the Sea Grant-Led Invasive Species Language Workshop" out now, open access, in Management of Biological Invasions! @invasivesnet.bsky.social www.reabic.net/journals/mbi... #BiologicalInvasions 🧪

Busy weekend = day late #SundayFishSketch Nevertheless here is an Atlantic Spadefish. See the rest of the thread for a video I took of this species during a shipwreck dive this past summer 🤿

Here is a Farlowella catfish for this week’s #SundayFishSketch mimicry theme! Inspired by one I saw at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington DC this past winter.

Here is a Lake Whitefish for my boreal species themed #SundayFishSketch. For more Lake Whitefish art, check out this project we are working on at the @glcommission.bsky.social with lots of great partners: youtu.be/kpBMDAJU-s8 (Video art done by the amazing @taaja.bsky.social)

We need more $$$$ for Great Lakes research! I want my tax dollars funding the largest freshwater system on the planet.

It was wonderful to get together with UMN Water Resources Science grad students and alumni this past Thursday in St. Paul, MN. Such good people passionate about various dimensions of water and the environment. 💧The WRS branded fleeces were icing on the cake!

Oh how I missed the Mighty Mississippi. Gona soak up every bit of it while working remotely from St. Paul this week 💙

Happy National Go Fishing Day to all the fish lovers out there! 🎣 Here is a carefully crafted fishing themed playlist you can have on repeat today 😉 : open.spotify.com/playlist/7Hn...

Wanted to paint a catfish for this weeks #SundayFishSketch. It definitely did not come out anatomically correct and I’m not sure what species I was aiming for, but I still like it :)

Had to show off my Play Clean Go temp tattoos at run group this morning 😆 Happy Play Clean Go Awareness week! playcleango.org/take-action/...

🧪 PSA regarding fish and fishes. open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...

Did some microfishing this weekend and caught some fired up Pinewoods Shiner. A model organism for the colorful #pridemonth theme! #SundayFishSketch

Happy Pride! The diversity of life, in all its forms, is pretty rad! (Side note: there's not a whole lot of purple fish, so the pink/silver goldeye is the best I got) #SundayFishSketch #Pride

Didn’t have time for a #SundayFishSketch this week because I was at the 2025 NANFA convention. But I did crochet this American Eel for the convention auction.

Out of curiosity, I bought a cup of fishing bait worms. Dendrobaena veneta is a common bait/compost species, sold in the US as “European nightcrawlers.” After washing them off, here’s what I found:

This made me happy so I figured I’d share this newly discovered frog species for anyone that needs a little Wednesday pick me up 🐸 : www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new...

A day late but here is my #SundayFishSketch. I visited the Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach this weekend and got some inspo from this pajama cardinalfish :)

It’s always fun visiting family and hearing their perspectives on my career. My family calls me “a marine biologist”… I work on invasive species in the Great Lakes 🙃 Do other people’s relatives do this?

For this weeks #SundayFishSketch of fishes from Brazil I chose one of my favorites: the Flagtail Prochilodus (I just really enjoy thier sucka lips - youtu.be/IHADKLNtmOA)

Happy Easter from me and my festive flathead! #SundayFishSketch

I’m wayyy late on my #SundayFishSketch, but I couldn’t pass up the theme of “fish I want to catch” with this very quick sketch of a northern snakehead.

Just a video of some Redlip Shiners spawning on a Bluehead Chub mound to start your Monday off right :)

Had a blast at the 2025 Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention last week! Aside from the talks and other fun activities I was also delighted to have access to a compost bin and be in a large conference space where zero waste principles were emphasized. Way to lead by example Wisconsin!

Join me at the 2025 Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention! I’ll be presenting on invasive #phragmites and #europeanfrogbit. wisconsinwaterweek.org/home/lakes-a... #WisconsinWaterWeek @glcommission.bsky.social

Join our Invasive Mussel Collaborative for their next webinar on research being done on the zebra mussel invasion front! Register here: invasivemusselcollaborative.net/event/webina... #GreatLakes #invasivespecies

It's #GreatLakesDay in DC! In honor of #GreatLakes Day, what's your favorite fact about the lakes? One of ours is that the lakes provide the backbone for a $6 TRILLION economy that would be one of the largest in the world if it stood alone as a country!

There's a lot competing for everyone's attention these days, but I just want to highlight some of the great work that @ilinseagrant.bsky.social does. If you've ever interacted with IISG, please consider signing on to a Letter to Congress in Support of Sea Grant here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In honor of the new Sicklefin Redhorse description dropping this past week here is my #SundayFishSketch

RFP open! The GLC is requesting proposals to support in-person outreach to recreational boaters as part of the annual regional #GreatLakes Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz. www.glc.org/news/blitz-r... #GLAISBlitz

🚨New episode alert🚨 Calling all invasive species nerds 🤓 If you haven’t listened to the Introduced podcast you are missing out! S3E3 dropped yesterday, go give it a listen: www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introd...

MAISRC graduate fellow Molly Tilsen is featured in this article about her award-winning "Land of 10,000 Links" project! 💧 cfans.umn.edu/news/umisc-2... #SciArt

Made a visit to the Smithsonian Zoological Park in DC last weekend. Inspiration for this weeks “single line” #SundayFishSketch theme comes from the arapaimas in their Amazonia exhibit. Such massive and amazing fish!

Not a sketch but I’m going to count my crocheted goldfish for this weeks #SundayFishSketch “lucky” theme

Recently visited the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto and saw the cutest lumpfish so naturally I had to draw one for #SundayFishSketch 🇨🇦 🐟

For the last #25DaysOfFishmas and #SundayFishSketch I drew a longnose gar who is definitely ready to do some gift giving! 🎁

I love a good work festivity! The @glcommission.bsky.social’s cookie exchange and door decorating competition was extra fishy this year! 🐟 🍪 🚪 🎅🏼 🎣

My guess for this weeks #25DaysOfFishmas and #SundayFishSketch mashup is red shiner 🔴 🐟 It wasn’t looking festive enough, so I added an elf hat to complete its ensemble ✨

Here’s my submission for this weeks #SundayFishSketch and #25DaysOfFishmas riddle! A festive juvenile rainbow trout rocking its Christmas antlers and parr marks.

Tis the season for a mashup between #SundayFishSketch and #25DaysOfFishmas! I’m trying out some digital illustrations this season, so here is my scarf wearing Western Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus gibbosus)🧣 🐟

An impromptu water coloring session yesterday resulted in a bluefish for this weekend #sundayfishsketch theme

This episode dropped on my way up to UMISC, so I finally got a chance to listen. What a great storytelling team! It was so fun share our team's work on this episode, and I can't think of a bigger honor than to share an episode with the story of the naming of a fish with "a butthole by it's mouth" 😂

What a blast #UMISC2024 was this past week in Duluth, Minnesota! By far my favorite invasive species themed conference. The art show was icing on the cake 🎨 🖌️

Had a great time at #NAISMA2024 in Missoula, MT last week! It was wonderful to catch up in person with peers and learn about western U.S. perspectives on invasive species management. The amazing views were a bonus!

I’m SO excited to share that my first publication is out now! Check it out to learn a bit about the effectiveness of common #AIS prevention methods: doi.org/10.3391/mbi....

A quick blue-spotted sunfish for this weeks centrarchid themed #SundayFishSketch I tried out my old oil pastels. Not quite sure how to use them…still need some practice

Had a great time showing off fish and other aquatic critters at #KidsInNature this weekend. Thanks to the N.C. Wildlife Federation and NCSU Student Fisheries Society for organizing!

Working remotely is amazing except for the fact that I have to resist the urge to check on my vege garden every hour 😂 👩🏼‍🌾