Crab Megalops

I spent 3 years as a shellfish harvest management biologist on Hood Canal before coming down to Oregon for my PhD two years ago.

Did you know that PhD, actually stands for Piled High and Deep! 

In grad school my thesis work was on the recruitment to the benthos of juvenile fishes on the continental shelf of the New York Bight.   As part of a larger lab I did a lot of ichthyoplankton work as well.   Since then, I've spent 14 years with the Smithsonian working on marine invasive species ecology.   

Grad school and my first few years of work were full of exciting field work, research cruises, etc..  but for the last 10 or so years I've been sitting at the computer doing data analysis and report writing.  It almost sounds like there needs to be some sort of marine scientist support group out there.

A subset of NWKA, the bright minds of kayak fishing. We can get together, fish a bit, then go cry in our PNW micro-brews about how we miss all the exciting fieldwork we did when we were young.  Sounds Great!

A subset of NWKA, the bright minds of kayak fishing. We can get together, fish a bit, then go cry in our PNW micro-brews about how we miss all the exciting fieldwork we did when we were young.  Sounds Great!

Ha!

Well if it makes you feel any better, I only sample fish for the first 2 hours or so of the day.  The rest of my time is spent in data entry, validation, faciltiy inspections and oversight.

Okay then, Pothole Lakes area in a couple weeks? Seems fairly central to all of us (Portland, Seattle, Pullman) Fish some Bass, tells some lies around the campfire?

...anyone, anyone...Buller?

Okay then, Pothole Lakes area in a couple weeks? Seems fairly central to all of us (Portland, Seattle, Pullman) Fish some Bass, tells some lies around the campfire?

...anyone, anyone...Buller?

I would definitely be into that!

Sounds fun but I start teaching class in a couple weeks  Good thing is my weekends are busy running around on boats catching fish and crabs for class projects