2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

Jeston Hassler

South Dakota State University

Undergraduate Student

1:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Identifying Walleye and Lake Whitefish Spawning Habitat to Inform Habitat Improvements for Lake Sturgeon in the Lower Fox River below De Pere Dam Regency C (2nd Floor)Braden Lensing

3:20pm CST

Fisheries Track: Environmental changes lead to reduced Walleye production in Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota Regency C (2nd Floor)Tom Jones

3:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Evaluating the distribution of fish community production in northern Wisconsin lakes with different walleye recruitment histories Regency C (2nd Floor)Maxwel Wilkinson

4:00pm CST

Fisheries Track: Evaluation of otolith and eye lens chemistry for identifying stocked Walleye Regency C (2nd Floor)Joshua Fluur

4:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Assessing Habitat Quality Changes for Cool- and Warm-Water Fishes Regency D (2nd Floor)Madalyn Siller

8:00am CST

Plenary Session 2 and Awards Grand Ballroom (DEFGH)Rob Hunt • Roger Still

10:40am CST

Fisheries Track: Enhancing the science of age estimation: the creation of fishage.org Regency D (2nd Floor)Mark Pegg

11:00am CST

Fisheries Track: Big River Bluegill: How and why bluegill population dynamics vary along a large river gradient Regency C (2nd Floor)Kristen Bouska

1:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Response of Fish Communities to Backwater Restoration in the Upper Mississippi River Regency C (2nd Floor)Hannah Lenning

3:20pm CST

Fisheries Track: Identifying potential sources of natural recruitment of muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan Regency D (2nd Floor)Ryan Eastman

3:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Examining stunted Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) population in River Reservoir Regency D (2nd Floor)Kaden Ball

6:00pm CST

P-50: Spatial Extent of Fish Community Change in an Indiana Stream Following Reconnection to the Mississippi River Basin Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Alexander Searfoss P-51: Assessing Differences in Reproductive Potential in Two Shovelnose Sturgeon Populations Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Lydia Flinders P-56: Evidence of skin pigment mutations in Blue Catfish and their importance to a Midwestern fishery Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Brett Miller P-60: Diet composition and overlap of walleye and largemouth bass in northern Wisconsin lakes: implications for walleye recruitment and size structure of prey fish Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Daniel Dembkowski P-64: How will growth of warm-water and cool-water fish change with warming climate? Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Kaden Ball P-66: Examining Age-length Relationships across North Platte Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Sarah Hayden P-69: Evaluating Natural Recruitment of Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Black Crappie in Two Community Fishing Ponds in Southeastern South Dakota Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Jason Uden P-70: Abundance and growth rates of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) from Lake Michigan and connected tributary habitats Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Mallory Wagner P-72: Sanding or Sectioning: how does otolith preparation method affect reader agreement? Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Amelia Finnell P-74: Evaluating Flood-Induced Habitat Connections Using Remotely Sensed Data Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Natalie Liberati P-75: Natal Origin and Movement of Invasive Carp in the Missouri River Basin Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Hannah Mulligan P-76: Investigating Bigheaded Carp Migratory Behavior in a Large Lotic System Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Logan Zebro P-83: Determining hybridization of bighead and silver carp by analyzing body shape with geometric morphometric techniques Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Alexandra Johnson P-86: How invasive carp removal affects fish community size spectra. Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Charles McDunn P-88: Invasive Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and the impact on native fish communities throughout the Mississippi River basin Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Justin Harms P-92: Angler use and satisfaction of South Dakota urban and community fisheries following supplemental stocking of adult Largemouth Bass and Hybrid Sunfish Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)Aysah Dondlinger

8:00am CST

Fisheries Track: Population Characteristics of Buffalo in Wisconsin: Contribution and Resiliency to Bowfishing Harvest Regency B (2nd Floor)Daniel Isermann S-14: Managing for Resilient Walleye Populations: Avoiding an Ecological Tipping Point Regency A (2nd Floor)Greg Sass

8:20am CST

Fisheries Track: Evaluating Lake Sturgeon Spawning Site Use and the Relative Contribution of Spawning Tributaries to Harvest in the Lake Winnebago System Regency C (2nd Floor)Sam Embersits

8:40am CST

Fisheries Track: Taxonomic and Functional Shifts in Riverine Fish Community Assemblages Across Midwest National Parks Regency B (2nd Floor)Lily Thompson S-13: Integrating Long-term Assessment Data to Evaluate Muskellunge Stocking across Wisconsin Inland Lakes Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Alexander Latzka S-14: Understanding and building resilience in Green Bay walleye populations Regency A (2nd Floor)Daniel Dembkowski

9:20am CST

Fisheries Track: WITHDRAWN Regency C (2nd Floor)

9:40am CST

Fisheries Track: Using Eye Lenses to Identify Rearing Origin of Large, Fingerling Walleye Regency C (2nd Floor)BJ Schall S-14: Using angler derived data to assess walleye fisheries and resilience Regency A (2nd Floor)Jeff Kopaska

11:20am CST

Fisheries Track: Influence of Thermal Variation on Paddlefish Thermal Tolerance, Recovery and Post-Release Behavior Regency C (2nd Floor)Shasta Kamara S-14: Factors affecting year-class strength of Walleye (Sander vitreus) populations in western irrigation reservoirs Regency A (2nd Floor)Steve Chipps