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2007 GrADuAtes honoreD

Photo by Chris DePerno The Fisheries and Wildlife Class of 2007 (back row, from left) James Tomberlin, Amy Shepherd, Michael Spidel, Brandon Horne, Timothy Ward; (front row, from left) Jane Anderson, Tyler Averett, William Ridgeway, Brandon Horne, and Dr. Richard Lancia.

December 2006 undergraduatesAaron BunchJohn CooneyJennifer HarrodGabriel KarnsJohn McFadyenJohn RochevotWilliam SellersJames SeuberlingJason SmithSabrina SmithJamie Smith

December 2006 Ph.D. GraduateTimothy Langer

May 2007 undergraduatesCarolyn AndersonTyler AverettBrandon BridgesMichael HorneWilliam RidgewayAmy ShepherdMichael SpidelTimothy Ward

The Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program held the 2007 Graduation Dinner on May 11 at the Wake County Wildlife Club.

Thank you to Dave Woodward and the Wake County Wildlife Club for hosting the event and to Cindy Burke for making the arrangements.

InsIDe thIs IssueScrapbook ........................2Roger Powell in Israel ......3Fate of marine fisheries ...4Kennedy-Stoskopf stars in “The Odd Couple” ............5

News & Notes ............... 5-7Awards and Scholarships ............... 8-10

Wildlife Store ................. 16Focus on wildlife ........... 17

Publications ..............18-19Presentations ...........20-23Upcoming Events .......... 25Odds & Ends .................. 26Jacob’s first fish ......... 27 u

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Jennifer Clontz and Michael Spidel

Andrea Davis and Brandon Horne

Cameron Wallace and Tyler Averett James Toberlin Dr. Richard Lancia and Dean Bob Brown

William and Amanda Ridgeway

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Internationally respected car-nivore ecologist Dr. Roger

Powell spent much of March as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He has joined an international interdisciplinary research team representing a wide range of ex-pertise, including mathemati-cians, theoretical ecologists, ex-perts in physiology and biome-chanics, plant ecologists, animal behavior researchers, and ecolo-

gists. The team is working to de-velop the foundations of Move-ment Ecology as a new field of research aimed at integrating studies of diverse modes of move-ment in different types of organ-isms into a unified conceptual framework.

The effort is sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies, which aims to serve as a catalyst for high quality, innovative re-search in a diversity of fields. It accomplishes this by providing a

platform for top scholars to focus on their studies, delve into their research and engage in a cross fertilization of ideas.

The Ecology of Movement ef-fort, titled “Movement Ecology: Establishing a Novel Interdisci-plinary Field of Research to Ex-plore the Causes, Patterns, Mech-anisms and Consequences of Organism Movement is a year- long effort which started Sept. 1, 2006 and will run through Aug. 31, 2007.

Dr. Marcel Holyoak (UC Davis)Drs. Roger Powell, Wayne Getz (uC Berkeley), and Eloy Revilla (universidad Seville) check out the view from the ramparts of the old City of Jerusalem (the city inside the wall).

For additional information on Movement ecology visit http://www.as.huji.ac.il/groups/ecology/

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Marine fisheries: moribund or restorable? Dr. John Miller

It has become very popular these days to say “The sky is falling!” when it comes to describing the

state of our natural resources. Recent articles published in reputable scien-tific journals say we are overexploit-ing most marine fish species, and cre-ate the picture that we will have none in a very few years. In most cases, these have led to doomsday headlines in national media, adding to the im-pression that soon there will be noth-ing left in the oceans to harvest.

But this year’s Brandt Lecture at NCSU, presented last on March 22 by Dr. Ray Hilborn, eminent fisher-ies biologist from the University of Washington, held an opposing view-point about marine fisheries resourc-es. While agreeing that we are over-exploiting many species, Hillborn was not so fatalistic. He cited several examples of major fisheries that are in good shape — at least with respect to maximum sustainable yield (MSY), and said we should look at the characteristics of these for possi-ble ways to restore others.

But perhaps Hilborn’s most impor-tant point was to remind us that we need to make a choice about what kind of ecosystems we want. It obvi-ously is not possible to have both pristine ecosystems and exploit them — any more than it is possible to have a cornfield and a natural prairie in the same place. But few would want to return to the days of hunting and gathering our food — indeed, that would not even be possible with today’s population to feed!

So, what are the characteristics of

the “healthy” stocks and fisheries, for example, Alaska salmon, Icelandic cod, and others? Hilborn argued their main attributes were: 1) Individual, not collective, catch quotas, which are easier to enforce; 2) community-based management (give the fishing rights to local “owners” and let them decide how best to do it); and, 3) less-complicated management bureaucra-cies. All of these have solved the main two characteristics of overex-ploited fisheries: 1) a “race to catch the most fish” by anyone who wants to join; and, 2) too many boats going after too few fish.

This latter problem is exacerbated by government subsidies to build more and larger boats, even when there al-ready exists enough fishing capacity to exceed the sustainable yield.

The idea of community-based man-agement, that is locating fishing rights to local communities, seems funda-mentally un-American, since we gen-erally believe everyone has a right to access public resources. But we have to conclude that such “open access” sim-ply won’t work! We should have learned that lesson from the passenger pigeon, the bison, and many other species we have decimated.

That many species are far below their former (pre-exploited) popula-tion levels, and that most of the larg-er individuals are gone, is not con-testable. But, from a fisheries point of view, that’s exactly how it should be. Fish populations produce the greatest surplus yield when they are at about half (sometimes much less than) their virgin stock levels and when the average size is reduced (the biggest fish don’t grow much,

so production is greater for interme-diate size fish). Indeed, most of the larger top predators in the ocean are actually above the population level that would yield MSY! So we really have to choose between sustainable fishing and “pristine” conditions.

Another myth that Hilborn dis-cussed is that of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which have become popular as “remedies” to overex-ploitation. But unless the MPA in-cludes a huge fraction of a species’ range, they do NOT reduce exploita-tion. Yes, they do protect biodiver-sity, but they generally do not help the overfishing problem.

So, we have to make some choices: First, do we want marine fisheries or marine “wilderness”? We can’t have both, at least in the same place. This is a value judgment, not science. Sec-ond, can we allocate fishing rights to vested communities? We can’t allow open access and harvest fish in a sus-tainable manner. Third, can we sim-plify management bureaucracy? Given the management goal, we al-ready know how to manage most fisheries, if the bureaucrats will just let us. Most fisheries’ collapses were political, not scientific failures.

We don’t have all the answers to sustainable fisheries management we would like. Until then, as Hilborn reminded us, the best approach may be to take a closer look at the char-acteristics of the fisheries that are currently being sustainably man-aged. By applying those lessons widely, we could have more sustain-able, healthy fisheries that put sea-food on our tables and keep jobs in our local communities.

Congratulations to the organiz-ing committee and all of the NCSU veterinary students who success-fully managed the national Student Veterinary Medical Association Symposium. The turnout was ex-cellent with about 1,500 students from around the U.S. and Canada attending the lectures and labs of-fered and participating in the com-petitions ranging from cow palpa-tion to tug-of-war.

The EMC students and faculty were heavily involved with Dr. Lew-bart returning from the swamps to present his fish surgery seminar and key laboratory sessions. Four-teen of the 19 laboratory experienc-es offered at the symposium were taught by EMC faculty in addition to at least 19 lecture presentations. Kudos, with apologies to any one overlooked, to Drs. Cullen, Harms, Marks, Papich, Tate, Farin, Flam-mer, Degernes, Birkenheur, Pin-to, Stoskopf, Lewbart, Almond, Cannedy, Pease, Guy, Hawkins, Swanson and Allen for helping sup-port this important student-run event. All of the events were well re-ceived.

Even though the Bee Gee’s music didn’t function in the room, Dr. Stoskopf’s seminar “Staying Alive: Working with Dangerous Animals Safely” packed the room and had the audience spilling into the hall way, not an unusual site as students hungry for information made the most of the opportunities.

Many EMC faculty and students have very interesting lives beyond their scientific careers, pursuing cre-ative hobbies and passions.

Dr. Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, professor in Population Health and Pathobiology, and an accomplished op-era singer, is a thespian as well. In April, Raleigh had the opportunity to see her take the leading role of Olive in Stillwater Productions’ presentation of

Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” (the female version). The professional the-ater group is based at Meredith Col-lege, and relatively new to the Triangle, presenting its inaugural production in October of 2005. “The Odd Couple”, the company’s first production of 2007 starred Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf as Olive and Mary Floyd as Florence in the Neil Simon play which first ap-peared on Broadway in 1986.


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SavMa symposium a great success

kennedy-stoskopf stars in ‘odd couple’

Dr. Chris DePerno elected to NCTWS Executive BoardDr. Chris DePerno was elected to the Executive Board of the North Carolina

Chapter of The Wildlife Society. The position is a one-year term and will last until the next annual meeting in March 2008

Photo courtesy of Stillwater Theatre olive Madison, played by Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf (on table) tries to convince Florence, played by Mary Floyd, that she needs a date during a performance at Meredith College.

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Pursuant to Dr. Chris DePerno’s visit to Italy, we have developed a cur-riculum that allows undergraduate students to fulfill requirements for a BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences and also earn a Minor in Italian Stud-ies. Three freshmen are in this option – Andrew Lawrence, Cameron Gat-lin, and Anthony Tasselli. They will take two semesters of introductory Italian at NCSU, intermediate Italian I and II in the Study Abroad Program in Perugia, in northern Italy, and then work into their course work three ad-ditional courses in Italian at State that fulfill General Education Require-ments.

Finally, they will spend an addition-al semester after their senior year tak-ing animal ecology, conservation bi-ology, biological diversity, and other courses at the University of Rome, which are taught in Italian. An ambi-tious course of study.

olF Public hearingthe ItAlIAn connectIonNew Minor in Italian Studies Option

Members of the Leopold Wildlife Club attended a public hearing on the Outlying Landing Field (OLF). The meeting was held 17 april 2007 at the Charlotte Convention Center.

Corey Shake (M.S. Student), Liz Jones (M.S. Student), Monica, Mary O’Brien, Regi-na Ali Paden Kepley, Sarah Watts, and Shannon Bowling.


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Aquatic animal biosecurity laboratory nears completionA new biocontainment facility for re-

search investigating infectious diseas-es of aquatic animals is nearing com-pletion of the NCSU Centennial Biomedical Campus. The facility, pro-vided through funds from the N.C. Bio-Technology Center and the College of

Veterinary Medicine will be the first of its kind on the East Coast. Dr. Jay Levine has led the project with valu-able efforts on the part of EMC aqua-cultural engineers Dr. Tom Losordo and Dennis DeLong. Post-doctoral Fellow Dr. Raghunath Shivappa has

been leading the construction of the new facility that will provide faculty and graduate students with a safe way to study emerging infectious diseases of fish and other aquatic species and the efficacy of approaches to disinfec-tion and mitigation of contamination.

A new graduate course, Conservation Ecology (ZO 592) will be taught for the first time in Fall semester 2007.

The course is sched-uled for Thursdays from 10:15 to 11:30 and will be taught in David Clark Labs 139.

The course instructor, Dr. Nick Haddad of Zo-ology will focus on the application of principles in ecology to problems in conservation.

The course topics will revolve around conser-vation and restoration in the face of major global changes that are influ-encing the world’s eco-systems, such as habitat loss and fragmentation, loss of biodiversity, pol-lution with nitrogen and phosphorous, changes in atmospheric carbon and in temperature, as well as overexploitation of fisheries, and disease ecology.

t he 2007 CVM Research Forum held March 9th is an important event for

EMC students and faculty. Amanda Ar-dente (DVM ’08) was the first EMC stu-dent on the oral presentation block with her presentation “In-vitro pharmacokinet-ic study involving the transdermal absorp-tion of sevoflurane” which reported work on amphibian anesthesia under the direc-tion of Drs. Ron Baynes and Patrick Burns.

Kristen Dewey (DVM ‘09) presented her Merck-Meriel summer research mentored by Drs. Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf and Bar-bara Sherman Simpson, “Environmental enrichment of captive Pallas’ cats.” Michelle Mehalick (DVM ‘08) gave an oral presenta-tion on her summer work with Drs. Michael Stoskopf and Heather Henson-Ramsey en-titled, “ Measurement and in vitro inhibition of cholinesterase in the serum of eastern hell-benders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).”

Poster presentations were also conduct-

ed. In the graduate division Dr. Kristen Hobbie (Ph.D. Can.) presented her work with Dr. Mac Law in a poster entitled “Mechanisms of DMN-induced hepatic preneoplasia in the F344 rat vs. the medaka fish model”.

Veterinary student Nicole Hladio work-ing with Dr. Adam Birkenheuer presented a poster entitled “Prevalence and molecular characterization of Babesia species in rac-coons (Procyon lotor) from eastern North Carolina” L. J. Minter (DVM ‘08) under the guidance of Dr. Carlos Pinto present-ed a poster, “Influence of extender and packaging on post-thaw survival of epididy-mal cat spermatozoa.”

His study was funded by the Morris Ani-mal Foundation Veterinary Student Schol-ars Program. He will be traveling to Colo-rado this June to present his poster in consideration for the $5000 Ballard Award. Congratulations to all our students for their excellent presentations.

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carolina heelsplitter hosts identifiedChris Eads, working with Dr. Jay

Levine has identified several fish hosts ca-pable of supporting the metamorphosis of the endangered freshwater mussel the Car-olina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata).

The highly endangered mussel was his-torically found in small to large streams and rivers as well as ponds.

Once widely distributed in the Catawba and Pee Dee river basins in North Carolina and Pee Dee and Savannah Rivers basins

(and possibly the Saluda River Basin) in South Carolina, this mussel had not been found since the mid-19th century prior to 1987. There are only six known remaining populations of this species, two in North Carolina and four in South Carolina.

This breakthrough in identifying compe-tent fish host species opens the opportunity for captive production and stock enhance-ment efforts to help save this important species.

Presentation topics include amphibian anesthesia, Pallas cats and hellbenders

cvM research forum impressive


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Conservation ecology course offered in fall

http://www4.ncsu.edu/%7Ehaddad/Classes/ZO592/zo592.html

GrADuAte FelloWshIP AWArD

Caitlin Burke received from Dr. Barry Goldfarb the 2007 Arthur W. Cooper Graduate Fellowship Award. Caitlin received her bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Science from Virginia Tech. After that, she spent more than three years studying political animals in the concrete jungle of Washington D.C. as the policy associate for The Wildlife Society, providing wildlife science and management on-makers. Currently, Caitlin is pursuing a Ph.D. in Forestry with a focus on natu-ral resources policy. Her research will examine how advocacy groups influence the adoption of state-level environmental policies

excellence In GrADuAte eDucAtIonLiz Jones (Fisheries and Wildlife M.S. Student)

received from Dr. Barry Goldfarb the 2007 For-estry and Environmental Resources Faculty Fel-lowship for Excellence in Graduate Education.

Elizabeth Jones is from Raleigh and is a gradu-ate student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Program. Her thesis is titled “The effectiveness of black bear crossings on I-26 in Madison County, NC,” and she will be finishing her degree during the sum-mer of 2007. She received bachelor degrees in Zo-ology, and Environmental Science with a concen-tration in Ecology in May of 2005, also from NC State. She had the honor of being a Valedictorian of her graduating class. She has been actively in-volved with the Leopold Wildlife Club. Her career interests focus on conservation planning and urban wildlife, and she also has a passion for environmental education. She received her North Carolina Environ-mental Education Certification in May of 2005.


Awards & scholarships

Awards for Achievement College of Natural ResourcesDepartment of Forestry and environmental Resources

Best stuDent PAPerBrad Garner, M.S. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, re-ceived the Richard Noble Best Student Paper Award for his presentation at the 2007 Joint Meeting of the North Carolina and Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries So-ciety. Brad’s presentation was “Intensive grass carp stocking effects on reser-voir invasive plants and native fish populations,” which he coauthored with Tom Kwak, his major advisor in the N.C. Co-operative Fish and Wild-life Research Unit, and Hugh Barwick and Ken Manuel, research collabo-rators from Duke Energy. The award is named to honor Rich Noble, former NCSU Professor and co-ordinator of the Fisheries and Wildlife Program.

PresentAtIon AWArDJessica Brewster, M.S. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, re-ceived the 2007 Graduate Student Symposium Out-standing M.S. Presentation in Zoology Award. The title of Jess’ presentation was “Trophic relations of introduced flathead catfish in a North Carolina Pied-mont river.”

Camp Younts Scholarship – Gabriel KarnsFelton F. Coley Scholarships – Jessie Lee BirckheadForestry Foundation Gradate Fellowship – Caitlin BurkeHofmann Forest Academic Scholarships – Carolyn Anderson, Nathan Beasley, Jessie Lee Birckhead, Michael Horne, Amy Raybuck, Sabrina SmithHofmann Forest Graduate Fellowship – Caitlin Burke, Neil ChartierJames L. Goodwin Work Scholarships – Amy ShepherdT. Clyde and Sally Watts Auman Scholarship – Amy RaybuckXi Sigma Pi Honor Society Candidates – Liz Aspinwall, Mary Beth O’Brien, Ryan Spidel, Matthew Lubejko, Bonnie Eamick, Cassandra Williams

2007 Wildlife summer camp scholarships

Nate Beasley, John McAllister, Jason Brown, Matt Lubejko, John Wagner, Cassandra Williams, Justin Dycus, Bethany Clark, and Su Ann Shupp all received a scholarship to attend the 2007 Wildlife Summer Camp.

Congratulations to all!

Dr. chris DePerno receives Advisor of the year award

Dr. Chris DePerno received the 2007 Advisor of the Year Award from the College of Natural Resources and the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources.

Currently, Dr. DePerno advises 45 undergrad-uate students and advises or co-advises 9 gradu-ate students.


Awards & scholarships


north carolina Wildlife Federation Awards

On Friday, May 11, 2007, the North Carolina Wildlife Federation honored 4 Fisheries and Wildlife Students with awards. The awards included a copy of “A Sand County Almanac” and a cash award.

Larry Thompson executive Director of the north Carolina Wildlife Federation

Bethany Clark is a junior in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program. Bethany received a schol-arship from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation sponsored by the Joey C. Huey Scholarship, Ala-mance County Wildlife Club.

Christopher Ayers is a M.S. student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program. Chris received a schol-arship from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation sponsored by the Catawba Valley Wildlife Club. Chris’s M.S. research is focusing on the effects of different mowing regimes on the efficacy of anthraquinone (FlightControl Plus TM) as a Canada goose repellent.

Charlotte Matthews (not pictured) is a M.S. student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program. Char-lotte received a scholarship from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation sponsored by the Tri-County Wild-life Club. Charlotte’s M.S. research is focusing on the response of herpetofaunal populations to prescribed fire and fuel reduction treatments in the Southern Appala-chians.

Amy Raybuck is a senior in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program. Amy received a scholar-ship from Rocky River Trout Unlimited.


natural resources Advocacy PostersFW 485 (Natural Resource advocacy) Students present at the Undergraduate Research

Symposium and the College of Natural Resources Distinguished Lecture Series. Project Mentors were Caitlin Burke (Ph.D. Student) and Dr. Chris DePerno.

WIlD BoAr AnD FerAl hoG In north cArolInAChris Summerlin, Su Ann Shupp, Preston Hughes, and Adam Stephenson present information on wild boar and feral hog in north Carolina.

cIrcle hooks AnD j-hooks David Clark, Tyler Averett, Michelle Chadzutko, and Cody Burnett present research on circle hooks and j-hooks for fishery conservation.

hyBrID strIPeD BAss FArMInG Jeremy Remington, Jane Anderson, Heather Campbell, and Andrew Rominger investigated hybrid striped bass farming and effluent release.


natural resources Advocacy PostersFW 485 (Natural Resource advocacy) Students present at the Undergraduate Research

Symposium and the College of Natural Resources Distinguished Lecture Series. Project Mentors were Caitlin Burke (Ph.D. Student) and Dr. Chris DePerno.

recyclInG AnD MunIcIPAl solID WAsteRoss Carver, Melissa Turner, Amy Shepherd and Jarid Church present information on recycling and municipal solid waste in Wake County, north Carolina.

PuBlIc PercePtIon oF roADsIDe lItter Ben Cogdell, Matt Lubejko, Matt St. Clair, and Chris Hill evaluated public perception of roadside litter in Wake County, north Carolina.

environMentorscoMPArInG BIrD sPecIes rIchness Durga Sivamani compared bird species richness between Garner, north Carolina, and Chennai, India. Durga is a sophomore at Garner High School and participated in the 1st Annual nCSu environMentors Program. Research mentor was Dr. Chris DePerno.


Graduate PresentationsCOLLEgE OF NaTURaL RESOURCES DISTINgUISHED LECTURE SERIES

surveyInG rePtIle AnD AMPhIBIAn sPecIes DIversIty Stan Hutchens (Fisheries and Wildlife M.S. Student) presented a portion of his graduate research project. The presentation, titled “efficacy of sampling techniques for surveying reptile and amphibian species diversity in a pocosin wetland, was coauthored by Drs. Chris DePerno and Ken Pollock.

DeterMInInG AreAs oF hIGh BlAck BeAr MoveMentLiz Jones (Fisheries and Wildlife M.S. Student) presented a portion of her graduate research project. The presentation was titled “Determining areas of high black bear movement in Madison County, north Carolina.” Liz’s M.S. advisors are Drs. Richard Lancia and Phil Doerr.


Additional undergraduate presentationstIGer conservAtIon In InDIA

Melissa Turner and Swarnatara Sivamani presented information on viewpoints of Bengal tiger conservation in Ranthambhore national Park and Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India. Their research mentor was Dr. Chris DePerno.

steroID horMones In FreshWAter MusselsDr. Greg Cope (left) and Erin Tracy present information on steroid hormones in freshwater mussels. erin is a senior CALS Honors Student in biochemistry at nCSu. She is graduating in May and will attend graduate school to study forensics at Virginia Common-wealth university in the fall.


YARD SALE

leopold Wildlife club yard sale a successOn Saturday, April 28, the Leopold Wildlife Club held a yard sale to generate money for the club. The club received donations from faculty and staff for the sale, which raised over $175. Thank you to all who donated merchandise and for members who helped at the sale.

$175raised

Faculty and staff donated merchandise for the sale.

All this could have been yours!

Hope Bryant, Sarah Watts and Miranda Wood relax between sales.


Items available at the Wildlife storeT-shirt and hat sale proceeds benefit the Leopold Wildlife Club

n.c. state leopold Wildlife club shirts

$10 for Leopold Wildlife Club members

$12 for non-members

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$15 for non-members

We will mail items to you (please add $3.00 shipping/handling).

Please specify size and make checks payable to Leopold Wildlife

Club. Mail checks to Cindy Burke, nCSu, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program, Turner House, Box7646, Raleigh, nC 27695-7646

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Focus on Wildlife ReADeR PHoToS oF noRTH CARoLInA’S nATIVe nATuRAL WonDeRS

senD us your FAvorItesWe want to see your pictures of north Carolina’s native fish and wildlife. Do you have a shot of your favorite bird at a feeder, or a deer in your backyard at dusk? or maybe you stumbled on a black bear in the Blue Ridge Mountains. or if you’re working on a research project and have a great shot of your subject, we want to see it and share it with our readers. Please send full 8 inch x 10 inch jpeg files to Steve Allen at [email protected]. Please include information about when and where the picture was taken and any extraordinary efforts you had to go through to get the perfect shot.

Waiting his turn

Photo by Steve AllenThis downy woodpecker found himself waiting in line behind a red-bellied woodpecker at the suet feeder in my backyard. The digital image was taken with an olympus 550uZ.

Publications Birkenheuer, A. J., C. A. Harms, J. Neel, H. S. Marr, and M. D. Tucker, A. Acton, A. D. Tuttle, and M. K.

Stoskopf. The identification of a genetically unique Piroplasma in North American river otters (Lontra canadensis). Parasitology 134: 631-635.

Bowen, L. T., C. E. Moorman, and J. C. Kilgo. 2007. Seasonal bird use of canopy gaps in a bottomland forest. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:77-88.

Caldwell J. M., M. E. Raley, and J. F. Levine. 2007. Mitochondrial Multiplex Real-Time Pcr As A Source Track-

ing Method In Fecal-Contaminated Surface Waters . Environmental Science and Technology 41:3277-3283.

Eads, C. B., A. E. Bogan, and J. F. Levine. 2006. Status and Life History of the Notched Rainbow (Villosa con-stricta) in the Upper Neuse River Basin. Southeastern Naturalist 5:649-660.

Degernes, L. A. 2007. Veterinary contributions to wildlife biology: participation in avian field studies in Alaska. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 21(1):63-68.

Gustafson, L., W. Showers, T. Kwak, J. Levine, and M. Stoskopf. 2007. Temporal and spatial variability in stable isotope compositions of a freshwater mussel: implications for biomonitoring and ecological studies. Oecologia 152: 140-150.

Holliman, F. M., T. J. Kwak, W. G. Cope, and J. F. Levine. 2007. Assessing risk of electrofishing mortality and sublethal effects to freshwater mussels. State Wildlife Grant Project T-03-01, Final Report, Submitted to Division of Inland Fisheries, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh.

Jackson, L. E., J. F. Levine, and E. D. Hilborn. 2006. A comparison of analysis units for associating Lyme dis-ease with forest-edge habitat. Community Ecology 7:189-197.

Johnson, A. K., C. A. Harms, J. F. Levine, and J. M. Law. 2006. A quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay to measure TGF-beta mRNA and its correlation with hematologic, plasma chemistry and organo-somatic in-dices responses in triamcinolone-treated Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus. Dev Comp Immunol. 2006;30(5):473-84.

Kleist, A. M., R. A. Lancia, and P. D. Doerr. 2008. Using video surveillance to estimate wildlife use of a high-

way underpass. The Journal of Wildlife Management. In Press.

Lehmann, D. W., J. F Levine, and J. M. Law. 2007. Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure causes gonadal atrophy and oxidative stress in Corbicula fluminea clams. Toxicologic Pathology 35:356-365.

Li, X., J. Payne, F. Santos, K. E. Anderson, J. F. Levine, and B. W. Sheldon. 2007. Salmonella populations and prevalence in layer feces from commercial high-rise houses and characterization of the salmonella isolates by serotyping, antibiotic resistance analysis, and pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Poultry Science 86:591-7.


Publications & Presentations

Mason, J., C. Moorman, G. Hess, and K. Sinclair. 2007. Designing suburban greenways to provide habitat for forest-breeding birds. Landscape and Urban Planning 80:153-164.

Miller, J. E., G. R. Hess, and C. E. Moorman. 2007. Southern two-lined salamanders in urbanizing watersheds. Urban Ecosystems 10:73-85.

Moorman, C. E., L. T. Bowen, J. C. Kilgo, C. E. Sorenson, J. L. Hanula, S. Horn, and M. D. Ulyshen. 2007. Seasonal diets of insectivorous birds using canopy gaps in a bottomland forest. Journal of Field Ornithology 78:11-20.

Pine, W.E., III, T. J. Kwak, and J. A. Rice. 2007. Modeling management scenarios and the effects of an intro-duced apex predator on a coastal riverine fish community. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136: 105-120.

Holliman, F. M., T. J. Kwak, W. G. Cope, and J. F. Levine. 2007. Assessing risk of electrofishing mortality and sublethal effects to freshwater mussels. State Wildlife Grant Project T-03-01, Final Report, Submitted to Division of Inland Fisheries, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh.

Rostein, D. S., C. A. Harms, G. N. Lovewell, and A. A. Hohn. 2007. Gastric leiomyoma in a free-ranging At-lantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Vet Rec 160: 130-131.

Tuttle A. D., C. A. Harms, A. J. N. J. Van Wettere, M. S. Graffinger, and G. A. Lewbart. 2006. Splenic he-

mangiosarcoma in a corn snake, Elaphe guttata. J Herp Med Surg 16: 140-143.

FISHeRIeS AnD WILDLIFe STuDenTS WILL Be TRAVeLInG To THe WILDLIFe SoCIeTy 14TH AnnuAL ConFeRenCe In TuCSon, ARIZonA In SePTeMBeR 2007.

stuDent PAPers AccePteD IncluDeHutchens, S. J., C. S. DePerno, C. S. Matthews, K. H. Pollock, and D. K. Woodward. Visual implant fluorescent elastomers as a viable marking alternative to scale clipping and branding techniques. (Stan Hutchens, Fisheries and Wildlife Science M.S. Student)

Jones, E., R. A. Lancia, and P. Doerr. The effectiveness of black bear crossing structures on interstate-26 in Madison County, North Carolina. (Elizabeth Jones, Fisheries and Wildlife Science M.S. Student)

Matthews, C. E., C. E. Moorman, and C. H. Greenberg. Response of herpetofaunal populations to prescribed fire and fuel reduction treatments in the Southern Appalachians. (Charlotte Matthews, Fisheries and Wildlife Science M.S. Student)

Publications



Fisheries and Wildlife student Papers accepted

Bogan, A. E., O. Mandryka, K. E. Mock, W. R. Hoeh, M. E. Raley, and J. F Levine. Comparison of North American and Paleartic unionid bivalves: a contrast: the classifications of Haas and Starobogatov. The First Baltic Symposium of Malacology. Diversity and Conservation of European Molluscan Fauna, Riga, Latvia, Sept. 2006.

Brewster, J. R. and T. J. Kwak. 2007. Trophic relations of introduced flathead catfish in an Atlantic Slope river. An-nual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society. February 8-11, Memphis, Tennessee.

Brown, C. H., T. J. Kwak, P. B. Cooney, and K. H. Pollock. 2007. Integrating gear bias and selectivity into de-velopment of a standardized fish sampling protocol for Puerto Rico streams. Annual Meeting of the South-ern Division of the American Fisheries Society. February 8-11, Memphis, Tennessee.

Brewster, J. R. and T. J. Kwak. 2007. Trophic relations of introduced flathead catfish in a North Carolina Pied-mont river. Joint Meeting of the North Carolina and Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society. February 27-28, Danville, Virginia.

Brown, C. H., T. J. Kwak, P. B. Cooney, and K. H. Pollock. 2007. Integrating gear bias and selectivity into de-velopment of a standardized fish sampling protocol for Puerto Rico streams. Joint Meeting of the North Carolina and Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society. February 27-28, Danville, Virginia.

Crognale, M. A., S. A. Eckert, D. H. Levenson, and C. A Harms. 2007. Spectral and temporal sensitivity of adult and hatchling leatherback sea turtles. National Vision Research Institute Summer Colour Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 31 January – 2 February 2007.

Day R, J. M. Keller, C. A. Harms, A. L. Segars, W. Cluse, M. Godfrey, A. M. Lee, M. Peden-Adams, K. Thor-valson, M. Dodd, and T. Norton. 2007. Does mercury toxicity play a role in the debilitated loggerhead condi-tion? 27th Annual symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology, 22-28 February, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Degernes, L., R. DeVoe, D. Zombeck, K. Wolf, and R. MacLean. 2007. Ventricular dysplasia in captive para-keet auklets (Aethia psittacula). 12th Annual European Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference, March 28-31, 2007, Zurich, Switzerland.

DePerno, C. S. 2007. Coyote behavior and control. Presented to 75 individuals of Alamance County, Cattlemen’s Association, Alamance County Cooperative Extension Center, Greensboro, North Carolina.

DePerno, C. S. 2007. Animal Damage — white-tailed deer, moles, voles, and rabbits. Presented to 45 individuals of Lee County Gardeners Association, McSwain Center, Sanford, North Carolina.

DePerno, C. S., C. Ayers, C. E. Moorman, and F. Yelverton. 2007. Non-migratory geese: Past, present, and future populations and control methods. Presented to 38 individuals of the National Institute of Environ-mental Health Sciences, NIEHS Rall Building, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.


Publications & PresentationsPresentations

Eads, C, A. E. Bogan, and J. F. Levine. The use of mark-recapture to understand seasonal changes in a mussel bed. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 2007

Eads, C., C. J. Kittel, G. Wilson, R. J. Bradford, A. E. Bogan, and J. F. Levine. Propagation and culture of fresh-water mussels in North Carolina. Freswater Mollusk Conservation Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 2007

Favrot, S. D., and T. J. Kwak. 2007. Comparison of prepositioned areal electrofishing grids and two-way resis-tance board weirs for assessing migrating stream fish populations. Joint Meeting of the North Carolina and Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society. February 27-28, Danville, Virginia.

Garner, A. B., T. J. Kwak, D. H. Barwick, and K. L. Manuel. 2007. Intensive grass carp stocking effects on reservoir invasive plants and native fish populations. Joint Meeting of the North Carolina and Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society. February 27-28, Danville, Virginia.

Harms, C. A. 2007. Fish Anesthesia and Surgery. Special Species Symposium, Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 20 – 22 April, Ithaca, NY.

Harms, C. A. 2007. Sea Turtle Biology and Medicine. Special Species Symposium, Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 20 – 22 April, Ithaca, NY.

Harms, C. A. 2007. Sea Turtle Comparative Anatomy and Necropsy Wet Lab. Special Species Symposium, Cor-nell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 20 – 22 April, Ithaca, NY.

Harms, C. A. 2007. Marine Bartonellosis. CMAST Seminar Series, 27 April, Morehead City, NC. Holliman, F. M., D. Davis, A. E. Bogan, T. J. Kwak, W. G. Cope, and J. F. Levine. 2007. Magnetic resonance

imaging of live freshwater mussels (Unionidae). Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conserva-tion Society. March 13-15, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Holliman, F. M, D. Davis, A. E. Bogan, T. J. Kwak, G. Cope, and J. F. Levine. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Live Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Little Rock Arkansas, March 2007.

Hutchens, S. J., C. S. DePerno, C. S. Matthews, K. H. Pollock, and D. K. Woodward. Efficacy of sampling tech-niques for surveying reptile and amphibian species diversity in a pocosin wetland. North Carolina State Uni-versity, College of Natural Resources Distinguished Lecture Series, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. (S. Hutchens and C. Matthews, Fisheries and Wildlife M.S. Students)

Keller, J. M., K. Thorvalson, T. Sheridan, C. A. Harms, A. L. Segars, J. Beasley, R. Day, M. M. Peden-Adams, J. R. Kucklick, and T. Norton. Organic contaminant concentrations change in debilitated logger-head turtle plasma during recovery in rehabilitation. 27th Annual symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology, 22-28 February, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Presentations



Mays, J. W., W. G. Cope, T. J. Kwak, and D. Shea. 2007. Bioaccumulation of platinum group metals in the fresh-water mussel Elliptio complanata: a new indicator of transportation related impacts? Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. March 13-15, Little Rock, Arkansas. Poster Presentation.

Matthews, C. E., C. E. Moorman, and C. H. Greenberg. 2007. Response of herpetofaunal populations to pre-scribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction treatments in the Southern Appalachians. Annual Meeting of the NC Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC.

(C. E. Matthews = M.S. Student, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences)

Moorman, C. E. Techniques Training for Birds. Wildlife Damage Control Agent Re-certification Workshop, Lake Wheeler Park, Raleigh (40 people).

Moorman, C. E. Environmental Education and Conservation: Building a Conservation Community with the NC Birding Trail. NC Birding Trail Regional Meeting, Southern Pines (14 people).

Moorman, C. E. Butterfly Gardening. Richmond County Wildlife Game Supper, Rockingham (75 people)

Moorman, C. E. Saving the World One Native Plant at a Time. Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar Series, Centen-nial Campus Center for Wildlife Education, Raleigh (40 people).

Moorman, C. E. Managing Black Vultures and Other Wildlife on Cattle Farms. Alamance County Livestock Producers Field Day (75 people).

Moorman, C. E. Landscaping for Birds and Other Wildlife: The Basics. Catawba County Master Gardeners, Newton, NC (49 people).

Moorman, C. E. Landscaping for Birds and Other Wildlife: The Basics. Bladen County Master Gardeners, Eliz-abethtown, NC (35 people).

Moorman, C. E. Landscaping for Birds and Other Wildlife: The Basics. Alexander County Master Gardeners, Taylorsville, NC.

Moorman, C. E., C. A. Harper, and C. S. DePerno. Breaking through the food plot mentality. Annual Meeting of the NC Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC.

Mosher, S., W. G. Cope, R. B. Bringolf, T. J. Kwak, and D. Shea. 2007. Evaluation of ALA-D in the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata as a biomarker of lead exposure and an indicator of transportation impact. Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. March 13-15, Little Rock, Arkansas. Poster Presentation.

Raley, M. E., A. E. Bogan, C. B. Eads, and J. F. Levine. Molecular evidence for a novel phylogenetic placement

of the Carolina creekshell, Villosa vaughaniana (LEA, 1836). Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 2007

Presentations



Sivamani, D, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. A Comparison of Bird Species Richness between Garner, NC, and Chen-nai, India. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mc-Kimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sivamani, S., M. M. Turner, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Various Viewpoints on Bengal Tiger Conservation in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Under-graduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Caro-lina.

Turner, M. M., S. Sivamani, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Global Perspectives on Royal Bengal Tiger Conservation in India. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKim-mon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.


Publications & PresentationsPresentations

PresentAtIons - unDerGrADuAte stuDents In FW 485 natural Resource Advocacy present at the undergraduate Research Symposium and the College of natural Resources Distinguished Lecture Series Project. Mentors were Caitlin Burke (Ph.D. Student) and Dr. Chris DePerno.

Anderson, C. J., H. M. Campbell, J. D. Remington, A. J., Rominger, C. Burke, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Controversial Discharge of Effluent by Hybrid Striped Bass Farmers in Eastern North Carolina. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Averett, T. W., C. Burnett, M. Chadzutko, D. Clark, C. Burke, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Circle versus J hooks: Mortality, catch rates, and conservation efforts. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Carver, R., J. Church, A. Shepherd, M. Turner, C. Burke, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Trashed: The Mounting Problem of Municipal Waste. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Cogdell, B. E., C. Hill, M. Lubejko, M. St. Clair, C. Burke, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Roadside Litter in Wake County: An Evaluation of Programs and Public Perceptions. The 16th Annual North Carolina State Univer-sity Undergraduate Research Symposium, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Shupp, S., P. Hughes, A. Stephenson, C. Summerlin, C. Burke, and C. S. DePerno. 2007. Feral Hogs/Wild Boars in North Carolina. The 16th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Sym-posium, McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.


extension Programs & Fundingextension ProgrammingMoorman, C.E. 2007. Tour of Fire and Fire Surrogate Study at Green River Game Land (55 people).Moorman, C.E., and R. Strnad. 2007 WHEP contest, Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center, Four Oaks (79 youth).

GrAnts

DePerno, C. S., K. Golden, C. E. Moorman, and B. Bardon. Surveying North Carolina private non-industrial landowners: economic incentives for conservation. North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant. $4,000; 1 year. (K. Golden = Fisheries and Wildlife M.S. Student)

(Left to Right) Michael Spidel, James Tomberlin, Sabrina Smith, Brandon Bridges, Amy Shepherd, Tyler Averett, Brandon Horne, Jane Anderson, William Ridgeway, Timothy Ward

class of 2007

north carolina Birding trail completedPLEaSE SavE THE DaTE!


upcoming events

4th InternAtIonAl PArtners In FlIGht conFerenceThe 4th International PIF Conference will be held February 13-16 , 2008, at the McAllen Convention Center in McAl-len, Texas. A steering committee has been formed and has already made progress on a number of items. The next big decision will be to choose a theme, and we are zeroing in on something about international linkages. We’ll also soon be soliciting for sponsorships and contributions to support international and student travel and publication of a proceedings. So start thinking about funds you may have access to for this! Contact: [email protected]

Occasion: A Grand Opening Celebration to commemorate the completion of the North Carolina Birding Trail - Coastal Plain Re-gionDate: Tuesday, June 19thLocation: Hammocks Beach State Park, Swansboro, NC

The event will consist of a morning ceremony with speakers and displays, a catered lunch on-site and afternoon field trip opportu-nities to nearby N.C. Birding Trail sites.

Please mark your calendar now so that you can celebrate this important milestone with us!

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senD us your eventsWhat’s going on in your neck of the woods? Send us your upcoming events for the next Fisheries and Wildlife newsletter. Be sure to include time, date, place and tell us why we shouldn’t miss it! Send your events to Steve Allen at [email protected] or Chris DePerno at [email protected] .

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GIvInG BAck

colleGe oF nAturAl resources

It only takes a moment to make a huge impact. NC State offers a wealth of programs that educate students and provide assistance to the community, but we need your help. Your contribution to the College of Natural Resources can make a huge impact on all facets of university life and ensure that these valuable programs can continue. The Col-lege of Natural Resources needs the support of our alumni and friends. Please consid-er making a gift today through the NC State Annual Fund or contact Jennifer Viets Catalano at 919-513-7734 or [email protected].

suMMer cAMP stuDent enDoWMents

You may consider giving to our two Summer Camp student endowments. There is one camp for Fisheries and one camp for Wildlife. These endowments help undergrad-uate students attend the Wildlife and Fisheries Summer Camp.

For more information on how to contribute, contact Dr. Richard Lancia at 919-515-7586 or [email protected].

PhIl Doerr enDoWMent FunD

Also, you may consider giving to the Phil Doerr Endowment Fund. The endow-ment, established with the North Carolina Forestry Foundation, will be used to fund an annual award to assist undergraduate or graduate student(s) in gaining valuable field experience. For more information on how to contribute, contact Dr. Richard Lan-cia at 919-515-7586 or [email protected].


odds & ends

Christopher S. DePerno, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

the neWsletter Compiled and edited by:

Department of ForestryCollege of Natural ResourcesNorth Carolina State UniversityTurner House, Box 7646Raleigh, nC 27695-7646919-513-7559 (office)

919-334-8935 (cell)919-515-5110 (fax)[email protected]

unless otherwise noted, all photos provided by Dr. Chris DePerno.

Steve Allen Fisheries and Wildlife studentdesign and editing336-209-5093 (cell)[email protected]

Got a story idea or a great photo?Send your article submissions or pictures of north Carolina’s native wildlife to [email protected].

joB oPPortunItIes AnD scholArshIPsPlease see the NC State Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences website for additional information, current position announcements, scholarship opportunities, and links to job websites. http:www.cfr.ncsu.edu/for/fishwild

We wish to express our sin-cere thanks for the participa-tion of the Leopold Wildlife Club members Liz Jones, Christopher Ayers and Stan Hutchinson in our Forestry and environmental Camp in Raleigh in April. Students de-velop a much more intimate relationship with forests in north Carolina when pre-sented with living creatures, skulls and skins. At present we have to depend on part-nerships for these resources, in addition to the expertise that your students provid-ed.

Chris, Liz and Stan coordi-nated things well for us to ensure that our students got consistent instruction throughout the week. Their enthusiasm for their subject area was contagious with our middle school students. It was also nice to have State represented at this annual Raleigh event. Sincerely, Jennifer L. Smitheducation Assistantnorth Carolina Forestry Association

Special Thanks

By Tom KwakYesterday was a big day around

our house with lots of hootin’ and hollerin’ when Jacob landed his first fish! On Friday we bought him a Shakespeare, Pi-rates of the Caribbean rod and reel (medium action, 6-lb line), and yesterday he and I went to the bait shop for some live crick-ets (thanks for the directions, Rich). I baited his hook, and he cast the spinning reel, and we waited...until the bobber jiggled, then went down all the way.

Kuba squinted and fought the fish, and brought it in unassisted — a nice bluegill, perfect frying-pan size, but we returned it to catch it another day when it would be bigger. Then he caught

two more in short order. We thought that was enough

action for one day, as we want to keep fishing fun, especially for a 3-year-old.

We handle lots of big sport fish in our jobs, but these were three really special sunfish! Note his fine form, keeping the rod tip up.

Tomorrow, Jacob and Danielle

will join me at the university Bull Test Pond to help with a fisheries class exercise where we conduct a bass mark-recapture population assessment on a 13-acre pond, sampling with hook and line. There are some really big fish in that pond, because it’s closed to fishing, and Jacob’s anxious to catch them.

We agreed that if he caught some, I’d fillet them, and his mom would fry them.

Wish us luck! I know many of you have the same memory of your kids’ first fish. I think the challenge will be to keep him in-terested in fishing and outdoor activities, but maybe he’ll turn out to be an outdoorsman if we don’t push it too hard.


FIsh tAles

Dr. Tom Kwak and his 3 year old son Jacob. Jacob caught his first fish using his Pirates of the Caribbean rod and reel and a medium action, 6-lb line.

a first fish for jacob

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