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March 29, 2023
HomeAuthorsHal Schramm

Articles by Hal Schramm

About Hal Schramm
Hal Schramm is an avid angler and veteran fisheries biologist.
Bass Fishing

Auburn study proves that fishing pressure affects bass populations

September 30, 2021 Hal Schramm

Even though a lot of anglers practice catch-and-release, low mortality coupled with high capture rates can reduce the abundance of big bass. […]

Bass Fishing

Where do different bass species live? Habitat is the answer

September 12, 2021 Hal Schramm

Where do you find the three major black bass species? Habitat selection largely determines places you catch all three. […]

Bass Fishing

Can we build bigger bass?

August 6, 2021 Hal Schramm

A study by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists provides a first look at whether selective breeding can produce bigger bass. […]

Columns

Fish stories, alternate facts

July 9, 2021 Hal Schramm

What ecologists call “complex habitat” — habitats with a lot of surface area and interstices — benefits fish production. […]

Bass Fishing

Don’t do the Dew; carbonation doesn’t help revive injured fish

June 7, 2021 Hal Schramm

Wives’ tale about Mountain Dew reviving injured fish is just that. Use of carbonated beverages to stop gill bleeding has no effect. […]

Columns

Electroshocking gives a thorough, accurate look at most fisheries

May 7, 2021 Hal Schramm

A closer look at the efficiency of electrofishing and how well samples represent what is actually in the water. […]

Bass Fishing

Big bass, big spawn?

April 8, 2021 Hal Schramm

The health of a bass population in a body of water will be reflected in spawning success. And big fish are the most productive. […]

Catfish

Trotlines for catfish

March 4, 2021 Hal Schramm

Trotlining is an effective way to catch catfish ­— blues, channels, and flatheads. A study finds the effects on gamefish to be minimal. […]

Bass Fishing

The gamest fish that swims

January 25, 2021 Hal Schramm

In his 1881 Book of the Black Bass, Henshall described the black bass as “Inch for inch and pound for pound the gamest fish that swims.” […]

Bass Fishing

Are anglers getting better, despite bass becoming harder to catch?

January 7, 2021 Hal Schramm

Catching bass seems like a battle between the knowledge and skills of the anglers and the too-often unpredictable behavior of the bass. […]

Columns

Brushing up Mississippi’s flood-control lakes

December 13, 2020 Hal Schramm

Does adding brush to Mississippi’s flood-control reservoirs actually help fish populations? Here are the effects of structure. […]

Columns

What does climate change hold for Mississippi reservoir fisheries?

November 9, 2020 Hal Schramm

How will fishing in Mississippi’s reservoirs fare when when climate change digs in. The habitat loss and changes to fish cannot be reversed. […]

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