Emily Kwong

I've never caught crappie before.

Crappy, not a bad word.

Just a different type of fish.

Stocking.

Yes, I learned about this the one time I went ice fishing in Maine.

Stocking is where humans are putting young fish in the lake.

Right.

Like, are you setting them up for doom if you're putting them in a lake that isn't habitable for them?

This would be a big change for the fishing community to ask someone to do something that they've done their whole life differently.

I guess climate change asks that of all of us.

Does Zach have any idea, though, how people are going to handle going for warm water fish instead of these

This story is reminding me how people who fish and people who hunt are actually paying often more attention to the environment than most.

So it's cool to be hearing this from them directly, you know.

I'll have the fried walleye.

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I also suggest you check out part one of Burley's Changing Lake Ice series and gorgeous photos from Burley's fishing trip.

We will link to them both in our show notes.

I'm Emily Kwong.

And I'm Burley McCoy.

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