Hey all,

I just want to second what this post says. I think you all will enjoy Erik's talk a lot. He is a super sharp, nice guy and does a lot of great work on Lake Chelan.

I also told him to make sure he doesn't just make it all about bass, but to force some other fish down our throats  The interactions he examines between mysids (small freshwater shrimp), kokanee, and lake trout are really interesting. It'll provide good insight into related things like, "What would happen if we put shad in a lake to help provide prey for bass?"

Anyways, I'll see you all there!

Chris

(From Bill and Mike for the Newsletter)


To all those who survived our “Survival Challenge,” way to go.  It was a lot of fun and for some of us who still need to learn how to pitch and flip, it was a real challenge.

This month we will have Erik Schoen as our entertainment speaker.  Erik is a masters student in Fisheries at UW, studying predator-prey interaction among fish and invertebrates in Lake Chelan.  He is also focusing on lake trout, Mysis shrimp and kokanee.  Erik is also interested in other    predators such as smallmouth bass, northern pikenminnow, burbot and westslope cutthroat trout.

Erik grew up in Alaska as a kid.  His dad is a wildlife biologist and pilot so Erik got to see some remote parts of Alaska and developed a love for the outdoors.  Erik went to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire for his bachelors, where he majored in biology.  As he became more interested in aquatic biology he was drawn to the Puget Sound region and the UW in particular.  Erik spends  several weeks a year on Lake Chelan getting to know the local biologists and fishermen.

Erik will be a wealth of information for us so be prepared to ask a lot of questions.

See you on the 20th,
Bill and Mike