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JD Schooley

@dirtydog.bsky.social
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Moto-Adventurer / Fisheries Research Biologist. Views expressed on this page are my own and do not necessarily represent the position of my employer.

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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
New paper alert 🚨 An Exploration of the Freshwater #Fishing Guide Industry in the US #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/2330...
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An Exploration of the Freshwater Fishing Guide Industry in the United States
Fishing guides occupy a unique, complex, and rapidly evolving entrepreneurial role in the management of fisheries in the United States. The objectives of this study were to (1) explore a conceptual...
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Looking forward to this #nongame webinar. I’ll be talkin bag limits. Come on by to hear all about it.
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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Enjoying #GarWeek? Join us for a webinar on Weds, Nov 12, at 2 pm EST, highlighting positive social and conservation developments for important native fishes, including gars. Featuring @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, Alec Lackmann, & @dirtydog.bsky.social. Register now: fisheries.org/2025/10/webi....
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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-...
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
#nongame #management
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Indeed, they are, to @solomonrdavid.bsky.social @garlab.bsky.social #gar 😎
Image of the side of a delivery van with a graphic stating “GARDAWORLD”
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Caryn Vaughn @lovemussels.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The Oklahoma Biological Survey at the University of Oklahoma is hiring a tenure-track freshwater ecologist. This is a great opportunity at a wonderful place to work. Please spread the word and encourage folks to apply: apply.interfolio.com/174472
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Many thanks to @jeffkopaska.bsky.social of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social for donating this #sturgeon puzzle artwork to the NA Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society. The proud new owner, Thomas, from World Sturgeon Conservation Society will display this masterpiece in Vienna, Austria! nasps-sturgeon.org
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Last week, we made another visit to Spirit Lake / Okoboji, Iowa, to pay our respects to the putatively “largest #paddlefish ever caught”. We also did some fishing. doi.org/10.1002/fsh....
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Name those fish… 🎃 Just spotted this scene from the movie Hocus Pocus. Home decor of the Dennison family features two framed fish prints. Only context is that the family recently moved from Los Angeles to Salem. Left image appears to be a trout sp. 🤷‍♂️
Inside the Dennison home in the movie Hocus Pocus is a pair of fish prints- one with four species and the other with a likely trout species. Fish print featuring four species. Scene from movie Hocus PocusPartial image of a fish print featuring a likely trout species. Scene from the movie Hocus Pocus
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Our job opening closes Sunday night (tomorrow). Last-minute apps welcome!! #fisheries #paddlefish #nongame
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our #paddlefish and #native #nongame technician job is NOW OPEN! Please share widely. Taking apps until 9/7 www.wildlifedepartment.com/about/career...
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Great article on the angling and food value of Freshwater Drum, an often overlooked de facto game fish! magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/blogs/in-the...
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Freshwater Drum: Hard-Fighting, Tasty Native Game Fish | Nebraskaland Magazine
Greg Wagner dispels some myths and shares some perspective on the benefits of catching and cooking freshwater drum in Nebraska.
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"Part of what we're doing here today is working with citizen scientist anglers who know how to catch these fish, and get samples that will contribute to our data to better understand these populations, their ecology, life history.” www.mankatofreepress.com/sports/local... @garlab.bsky.social
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Heilman: Bowfin fishing, research leads to new discoveries
Well, the native fish folks are at it again, stirring the pot and doing weird stuff in public. They’re relentless like that—but in a good way.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
That new tire feeling. 😎 #ADVRider
Fresh knobby tires on my Kove 450 Rally motorcycle. Fresh knobby tires on my Kove 450 Rally motorcycle.
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
JOIN US!!! @garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026! Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email srdavid@umn.edu with CV if interested!
A Shortnose Gar headshot is pictured against the backdrop of the Minnesota River. Obviously on the lookout for potential GARduate students.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
“Wait, wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, 'Give me a lot of socket extensions.' What I said was, 'Give me all the socket extensions you have.' Do you understand?” (a la Ron Swanson) 4Runner maintenance 😩
A 12mm socket, swivel, and a comedic number of extensions are required to remove/replace the starter bolts on a 3rd gen 4Runner. Eye protection from the dirt raining down on your face and a headlamp are also essential.
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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Join AFS for our July Fisheries Community Check-in! Stop in to hear updates, ask questions, and spend your lunchtime with AFS colleagues. This session will be held on July 9 at 1 pm ET. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d6e43e...
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or braasch@msu.edu)!
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
As an avid motorcyclist AND a scientist, I couldn’t help but collect some sound data when installing a new exhaust on my bike. “Loud pipes save lives” is complete bullshit. I reduced the loudness by almost 10% to 96.5db at 6k rpm with improved performance. Forest friendly too. 😎
New DominatoR exhaust on my Kove 450 Rally. Made in Poland, this exhaust is a great mod. With the “heavy” decibel killer installed on this new exhaust, I achieved almost a 10% reduction in decibels over the previous exhaust. Chart showing common sources of noise and their corresponding decibels level.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
If anyone on here is attending the NA Sturgeon & Paddlefish Society meeting this fall, today is the abstract deadline. nasps-sturgeon.org/nasps-2025-a...
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NASPS 2025 Annual Meeting - NASPS
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This position will be open for a couple more days. Hope to get some good applicants to join our team!
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Finn is still grinding away with #bmx racing. He’s no speed demon (quite tentative), but he enjoys it and is slowly improving. Probably needs a better coach.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
We are seeking applicants for a #fisheries technician in our #paddlefish and #native #nongame program. Please share widely. Thx.
ODWC is seeking applicants for a fisheries technician in our paddlefish and native nongame program. Please go to wildlifedepartment.com where open positions are listed in the careers section.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Gratuitous #nongame pics taken on our study lake this week. #buffalo #gar
A black buffalo with its intermediate mouth orientation (approx halfway between terminal like bigmouth buffalo and sub-terminal like smallmouth buffalo). Correctly differentiating BKB from SMB in OK has proven difficult, according to genetic results. Hybridization complicates the similar morphology. This is a large spotted gar collected from a small reservoir population with only the single gar species present (four species are native to OK).
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Totally normal photo of a typical #fisheries collection. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
All your fish are belong to us. 

Bizarre photo of two people seining fish while wearing fluorescent vests and hard hats.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Where it all began. The 25th annual Okie Noodling tournament is this weekend. #biteback
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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The clock is ticking! Only 2 more days until early bird registration closes this Wednesday, June 4. Save up to $200 on registration when logging in with your AFS membership credentials. Want to save on registration, but not a member? Join AFS today. bit.ly/4jlf86M #AFS155 #fisheries
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Another great #BMX race weekend for Finn (2.5yo). Making improvements and getting comfortable. “I can’t wait to race” Finn2wheels.blogspot.com
Finn posing with a thumbs up on the podium with his first place BMX medal. The true reward after raving was not the first place medal, but getting to play in the mud. We topped it off with an ice cream cone to celebrate and Finn has soft serve all over his face and loving it.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
New bike vibes. 😎
Kove 450 Rally motorcycle parked in the sand on the Arkansas River in Tulsa, OKSelfie of me and my new motorcycle on the bank of the Arkansas River in Tulsa, OK
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This is the kind of worm nerd content I’m here for.
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Jennifer Clausen @jacsciart.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
An old-ish drawing of a Chinese Paddlefish for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡
An illustration of the (now extinct) Chinese Paddlefish. The fish is swimming away from the viewer, and the water is a slightly murky, greenish color. Two other paddlefish can be seen swimming in the background. The river bottom is silty with scattered rocks and stones.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Second race for this 2.5yo. Getting comfortable on the podium. 😎 finn2wheels.blogspot.com
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Day 1 of photoshopping John Oliver onto/into fossils in the hopes that he saves my old museum, the Paleontological Research Institution I think he makes a great snail! Fossil is the Murex shilhoensis type, a junior synonym of Favartia shilohensis, comedian is H. sapiens #savepri #Museumofthearth
John Oliver in a suit and tie coming out of the aperture of a fossil snail on a black sand background.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I really hope that content such as this reaches and resonates with hunters and anglers across the US. The downstream effects of the cuts to science and the people who do it will *definitely* impact mgmt of fish and game in all states. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Ep. 371: A Former USFWS Director Speaks Out
Podcast Episode · Cal of the Wild · 04/28/2025 · 54m
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
First of many podiums, we hope. Finn (2yo) took it upon himself to count down the start for the 2nd moto- “on, two, free, goooooooo!!!!!” The actual race announcer replied, “just let him go.”😂 So we had the lead for a bit.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Yeah, buddy 😎 #gar @garholerecords.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Check out our #nongame #fisheries #management symposium at #AFS155.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#Nongame symposium accepted. Abstract submitted. Reggie completed. Travel request sent. #AFS155
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Great stuff! Helpful guide for new #SciComm users and current users alike. Thanks for the nod to #PaddlefishNetting!
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New #snake sighting. Very cool. Broad banded water snake in SE OK. Non- venomous.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Good news for protection of Shortnose #Gar in MT! We have a paper coming out soon on #bowfishing in MT that cautions against unlimited harvest of SNG. Who knew that a reg change could happen quicker than the peer review process?!
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
New #paddlefish paper just dropped. 🚨 So hot and fresh, the DOI link doesn’t even work yet academic.oup.com/tafs/advance...
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The effect of turbidity on foraging by prerostrum juvenile Paddlefish
ABSTRACTObjective. A previous study evaluating restoration success of Paddlefish Polyodon spathula suggested that excessive turbidity in lakes and rivers m
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This week we determined via angling that smallmouth #buffalo will consume #paddlefish eggs. #nongame
A photo of me holding a smallmouth buffalo next to the Neosho river in Oklahoma
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Nice mental health break this morning spent behind the welding helmet.
Welding / metal fabrication repairs to a boat trailerWelding / metal fabrication repairs to a boat trailer
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Nice little NPR segment on Lake #Sturgeon this morning. Black Lake, MI, spearing season lasted 17 minutes! www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
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In one of Michigan's shortest fishing seasons, hundreds race to catch 'dinosaur' fish
Northeast Michigan held one of the shortest fishing seasons ever — 17 minutes. Hundreds of people gathered and raced against the clock in an effort to catch a lake sturgeon, or "dinosaur" fish.
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AFS Science Communication Section @afs-scicomm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Upcoming AFS webinar: Employment Insecurity - Planning for Next Steps Thursday, February 27 at 2pm ET Registration information can be found in an email sent to all AFS members on 2/24.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New bag limits for several #native #nongame fishes in MN. 👍 www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2025/02...
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Minnesota DNR adds angling limits for several species : Feb 24, 2025 | News release
Anglers will find these and other changes in the 2025 fishing regulations booklet.
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JD Schooley @dirtydog.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
QuotePost with a picture you took in a National Park #NationalParkService America’s Best Idea Death Valley National Park Lake Manly (Badwater Basin), Echo Canyon, and Devils Hole
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