Perch Science & Wendt's Fish Fry - Full Episode

S08 E10 - Perch Science & Wendt’s Fish Fry
In this episode of Wisconsin Foodie we explore the world of Perch. First, we visit the UWM school for Fresh Water Science in Milwaukee and hear what they are doing to help fish farmers breed a more healthy and sustainable perch. Assistant professor Jhonatan Sepulveda shows us their facility and their tanks of perch that they have been selectively breeding for the better part of a decade. They breed the fastest and largest growing perch in an attempt to revitalize the Wisconsin perch market. Then we travel to Fond Du Lac to visit an icon in the Fish Fry biz, Linda Wendt, owner of Wendt’s on the Lake. We go behind the scenes to see what makes their lake perch fish fry so special. Wendt’s on the Lake had humble beginnings, starting as an ice house in the early 1900s. The Wendt family bought it in 1962 and turned it into Wendt’s Bar. Word traveled fast about their exceptional perch fish fry and it has remained a Wisconsin staple ever since.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee | School of Freshwater Sciences - uwm.edu/freshwater/
Wendt’s on the Lake - www.wendtsonthelake.com/
Episode airs: 3/24/16
Station: Wisconsin Public Television, Milwaukee Public Television
Radio Tower Productions
Director/Producer: Arthur Ircink
Host: Kyle Cherek
Camera: Erik Ljung, Arthur Ircink
Edit: Nelson Schneider, Arthur Ircink

[@elainebmack]

I LOVE lake perch!!

[@lindaburnette195]

I hope they eat something healthy. And heart healthy

[@fozzyozzy1030]

Lmao not in Wisconsin

[@stevenlee5138]

So they are force feeding the fish.

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

This son of a bitch over here is connected to this son of a bitch over here...

[@stevenlee5138]

Factory farmed food. Gross

[@thejdogcool]

All farms are "factory farms". It's called mass production, and it's the whole point of agriculture.