OSU Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society's
Annual Fisheries Techniques Demonstration

Each year our Techniques Demonstration provides Oklahoma students with hands-on experience with equipment and methods routinely used in the fisheries profession. The event is held at a different location in Oklahoma each year so participants can experience sampling in different habitats and see new fish species, as well as enjoy a variety of Oklahoma’s scenic lakes and rivers. We invite fisheries professionals familiar with each location to attend and share management issues and concerns in the area. Recent locations of the Techniques Demonstration include Lake Eufaula, Lake Texoma, Spring Creek and Illinois River, and Lake Carl Blackwell. Techniques demonstrated at these events include: electrofishing, seining, gill netting, invertebrate sampling, mark-recapture methods, otolith removal and aging, and water quality analyses. For a review of last year's techniques demo, see our recent events.

The 13th Annual Fisheries Techniques Demonstration will be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma at Lake McMurtry on March 29, 2008. 

Fisheries Management in Reservoir Systems

               Where:  Lake McMurtry  - East side (see directions below)

               When: Saturday March 29, 2008 -  Registration begins at 9a.m.

Rain Date – April 5, 2008

               Lunch Menu: TBA

               Topics: Electrofishing                               Hoop/Trap Netting and Seining

                                                     Gill Netting                                  Diet Analysis

                                                     Age and Growth                            Tagging

                                                     Water Quality Analysis Zooplankton analysis

Seining Aquatic Entomology

Speakers

ODWC Fisheries Biologist Bill Wentroth – Aquatic nuisance species and Mcmurtry management issues

OKAFS President Kevin Stubbs – Benefits of AFS

               Cost:                  $5-Includes lunch and membership in the Oklahoma chapter American Fisheries Society

               Directions:        Traveling North from Stillwater: follow North Washington/177 two miles past Boomer City Lake

Turn West on McMurtry Road (aka Burris Road on some maps but marked as “Lake McMurtry”)

Travel 5.5 miles

               Information:      Email Jared Lorensen (at link Below) or call at (405) 714-1407

The Subunit Vice President is Chair of the Fisheries Techniques Demonstration Committee, and may be contacted regarding past and future Fisheries Techniques Demonstrations.  Contact: Jared Lorensen at: jared.lorensen@okstate.edu

12^th Annual Fisheries Techniques Demonstration

Saturday March 31, 2007

Lake Texoma

Under construction more to come

10th ANNUAL FISHERIES TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATION
April 2, 2005
Lake Carl Blackwell
Stillwater, Oklahoma

The OSU Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society sponsored the 10th Annual Fisheries Techniques Demonstration on April 2, 2005. The event was held on Lake Carl Blackwell. Lake Carl Blackwell is located about 10 miles West of Stillwater on state highway 51. The event was attended by approximately 50 students from Oklahoma State University and Northeastern State University.  We demonstrated boat electrofishing, trapnetting, seining, diet analysis, age and growth, and zooplankton collection among other things, and also served burgers for lunch.

7th ANNUAL FISHERIES TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATION
April 2002

	The Oklahoma Student Chapter of the American Fisheries Society sponsored the 7th Annual Fisheries Techniques Demonstration on April 6, 2002. In the morning, Dr. William Fisher from the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit conducted a review of electrofishing and boating safety. This year’s demonstration was held at Fountainhead State Park on Lake Eufala, Oklahoma’s largest reservoir. A total of 52 students from Oklahoma State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Northeastern Oklahoma State University attended the event.
	One of the Highlights of the day was a demonstration of hydroacoustic and trawling equipment by Jeff Boxrucker and Greg Summers from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC)’s Fisheries Research Laboratory.
	There was also a very interesting and informative discussion by Garland Wright, ODWC’s Central Region supervisor, about issues affecting fisheries management on Lake Eufaula. Participants also had the opportunity to get hands-on experience with boat electrofishing, trapnetting, otolith removal, anchor and visual implant elastomer tagging, and diet analysis. This event would not have been possible without the participation of Oklahoma AFS members: Jeff Boxrucker, Tony Echelle, Daniel Fenner, Bill Fisher, Matt Mauck, Tim Patton, Cliff Sager, Jason Schaffler, Jim Schooley, Greg Summers, Maureen Walsh, Dana Winkelman, and Garland Wright.

6th ANNUAL FISHERIES TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATION
March 2001,

	The 6th annual fisheries techniques demo was held on March 31, 2001 at the University of Oklahoma biological station on Lake Texoma. Over 20 participated in the event, including students from Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, and Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Both field and laboratory techniques were demonstrated, allowing students to gain hands on experience with the latest fisheries techniques. In the morning, Randy Curry and Robert Wichers from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s South Central Fisheries Office provided a demonstration of boat electrofishing and useful information on communicating with the public. Dr. William Fisher from the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit conducted a review of electrofishing and boating safety. After fish were sampled, they were brought to shore and techniques such as diet analysis, otolith and scale removal, and tagging were discussed. Many of the students gained hands-on experience with these techniques for the first time.
	Lunch was provided free of charge to all participants. Everyone appeared to be satisfied, even though Jason Remshardt was flipping the burgers. After lunch, students were given a demonstration of trap nets and then split up into two groups. One group was sent out to pull up gill nets set out the night before; and the other group participated in an electric seine, minnow seine, and backpack electrofishing demonstration. In the afternoon, students were sent to the lab where Dr. Dana Winkelman from the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit gave a presentation on age and growth. Otoliths and scales from the field and sectioned otololiths were examined in the lab. Also, students were allowed to examine fish stomach contents and zooplankton collected in the field.
	This event is held at a different location each year to allow students from other universities to participate. Previous locations include Lake Tenkiller, Spring Creek and Lake Carl Blackwell. If anyone has recommendations for next year’s demonstration we would be glad to hear from you. Fisheries fun was had by all and we would like to thank everyone mentioned above as well as the following people for their help in making this event possible: Cliff Sager, Maureen Walsh, Tim Patton, Richard Page (UOBS), Kelly Brown (UOBS) and Donna Cobb (UOBS).

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Stillwater, OK 74078