The Troutlook Makes Its TV Debut

Post-tagging, the first location collected on a fish is one of the most critical data points.  If this location is collected too soon after tagging, we may capture post-surgery stress movements that don’t accurately reflect a fish’s choice to move.  If we wait too long, we may miss important movements that could be informative for determining a fish’s behavior.  So, before collecting that first point, we typically wait about a week after tagging to start tracking fish.

Why a week?  Honestly, that’s timeframe is somewhat arbitrary and probably a better reflection of how long it takes to physically recover from tagging, repair equipment, and get bored in the office (actually, I was bored within a day, but I soldiered on).

One of the only exciting parts of this week was news that we were making a TV debut.  On the first day of fall tagging I was joined by staff from WNEP’s Pennsylvania Outdoor Life to document the sampling process and learn a little more about brook trout ecology. It was great being able to share my research with the cameras, and hopefully connect it to a larger audience in central Pennsylvania and beyond.

Footage is starting to surface from WNEP, including a full 30-minute segment on Pennsylvania Outdoor Life that will air in a few days.  But, on Wednesday we were included as part of another WNEP program called Power to Save.  
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Below is video from the Power to Save program.  I’d suggest watching the entire segment, but our brook trout research is featured around the 1:50 minute mark. Enjoy, and check back next week for links to the full 30-minute segment.  

If you have trouble with the link below, access the original video here.