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Fish caught in Melton Hill Reservoir could break state record

Posted at 1:52 am March 5, 2017
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Angler Stephen Paul caught the new pending state record musky on March 2, 2017, from Melton Hill Reservoir in Knox County. The fish weighed 43 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 51 and 3/8 inches in length. (Photo by Dylan Gano)

Angler Stephen Paul caught the new pending state record musky on March 2, 2017, from Melton Hill Reservoir in Knox County. The fish weighed 43 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 51 and 3/8 inches in length. (Photo by Dylan Gano)

 

A fish caught in Melton Hill Reservoir on Thursday could break a state record, wildlife officials said.

The muskellunge, better known as a musky, was hauled in by angler Stephen Paul in the Knox County portion of Melton Hill Reservoir on Thursday evening, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said.

The giant musky weighed 43 pounds and 14 ounces. It bit Paul’s artificial lure around 6 p.m. Thursday and provided him with the “catch of a lifetime,” the TWRA said.

The fish could break a 34-year-old state record.

The TWRA said muskellunge are a challenging fish to catch, particularly when they get older and wiser.

Paul’s friend Dylan Gano was with him to document the historic catch. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Recreation, Sports, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Bret Carter, Dylan Gano, fish, giant musky, Jim Negus, John Hammonds, Kyle F. Edwards, Melton Hill Reservoir, muskellunge, musky, Norris Reservoir, Paul Shaw, state record, Stephen Paul, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, TWRA

Synchronous fireflies found in Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Posted at 7:41 pm July 15, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

Synchronous Fireflies

In the foreground: Predatory Photuris sp. which is recognizable by the red on the pronotum (head shield), larger size, and stripes on the wings. The firefly in the background is the Photuris frontalis (a.k.a. snappy sync). (Photo by TWRA)

 

By Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Paul Shaw, a TWRA fisheries creel agent, has taken an interest in fireflies this summer, which has led to an amazing discovery.

Intrigued by the synchronous fireflies at Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and learning that Lynn Faust, the premiere synchronous firefly researcher in the GSMNP had them on her property near his own, Shaw set out on a mission to find other populations in east Tennessee.

His initial search in early June produced a healthy but isolated population on his densely forested property, which lies about a mile north of the Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area.

During the next few weeks, Shaw—along with ORWMA Manager Jim Evans, former TWRA employee Wade Gefellars, and several others—formed a group called the “Firefly Team” that began visiting sites around ORWMA with hopes of discovering other synchronous fireflies. Their research areas consisted of about 30 sites, which were not arbitrary, random locations but were carefully calculated by biological factors similar to those at Elkmont. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Elkmont, Firefly Team, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GSMNP, Jim Evans, Lynn Faust, Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area, ORWMA, Paul Shaw, Photinus carolinus, Photuris frontalis, Snappy Syncs, synchronous fireflies, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, TWRA, Wade Gefellars

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