DNR: Searchable fishing regulations tool now available- Editor H2ONotes [ 5/7/2012 - 07:21 ] # MADISON -- Just in time for the opening day of the 2012 inland
fishing season, anglers have a new and easier way to figure out what
fishing regulations are on their favorite inland lake.A new searchable database
allows anglers to search by lake, by county and by multiple counties to
pull up an interactive map and a listing of the fishing regulations for
that water. more...
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Erie men on trial on illegal fishing charges- Editor H2ONotes [ 5/7/2012 - 07:16 ] # At what tenth-inch does a translucent fishing line netted and
stretched in the waters of Lake Erie cross the line between business as
usual and a crime? That is the question before an Erie County judge who is weighing
charges that Pennsylvania's last Lake Erie commercial fishermen used
illegal gill nets to seine prize perch, bass and other fish species from
the lake off the coast of Harborcreek.
Gerald Mathers, 67, and his son, Aaron Mathers, 27, owners and
operators of Big Tony-the Last Fisherman, on East Lake Road, stand
accused of casting illegal gill nets, with a span of more than half a
mile, a year ago. The government says the nets, 23 panels made of thin, dyed
monofilament strands, were illegally designed to trap fish by the gills. more...
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Tell your fish story to the state- Editor H2ONotes [ 4/27/2012 - 07:12 ] # The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be out collecting data
at lakes, rivers and Great Lakes ports - seeking information about
anglers' fishing experiences this year as fishing season opens this
Saturday. DNR creel clerks will ask
anglers how long they fished, what species they were targeting and how
many fish were harvested and/or released. In some cases, clerks may ask
to measure or weigh fish and take scale samples. more...
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A salmon balancing act for Lake Michigan fishery managers- Editor H2ONotes [ 4/2/2012 - 07:18 ] # The people who manage salmon in Lake Michigan will have to decide
soon how many fish to put into the lake. The salmon fishery is a
manmade industry in the Great Lakes. It’s produced by planting millions
and millions of fish in the lakes. But keeping the salmon population
in balance with the food supply is a challenge these days. And some
scientists are raising new questions about the salmon’s demise in Lake
Huron and whether that can be stopped in Lake Michigan. Salmon were brought in from the Pacific Ocean. more...
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Where are all the salmon?- Editor H2ONotes [ 3/23/2012 - 07:48 ] # Where are all the salmon? That’s the question being asked right now among Lake Michigan’s fisherman.
Usually in March, Berrien County’s coast is becoming a salmon haven for fisherman. Not this year.
It’s
a good day to fish for William Parker. Parker sat on St. Joseph’s pier
Monday with three others and caught about three fish an hour. The fish
Parker was catching weren’t the type he was hoping for this spring.
“I
didn’t get my salmon stamp this year,” he said. “It didn’t seem like
there were that many. Parker heard about the poor salmon fishing in Lake
Michigan and opted to not even try. more...
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Minnesota DNR re-evaluates Lake Superior rainbow stocking- Editor H2ONotes [ 3/20/2012 - 06:47 ] # Just as the sun rises over Lake Superior on Tuesday morning, a lone
angler hooks a Kamloops rainbow trout just west of the French River. He
plays the fish quickly and slides it onto the pebbled beach. Without
ceremony, he extracts his hook and walks the fish over the cobblestones,
away from the lake. The fish is a 6- or 7-pound male, sleek of
body, long of jaw, silver with a blush of rose down its flank. A
gorgeous fish. In the soft peach light of dawn, the angler lays the fish
behind a piece of driftwood and goes back to his fishing. more...
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DNR, anglers discuss threats to fishing in Lake Michigan in 2012- Editor H2ONotes [ 3/19/2012 - 07:49 ] # ZEELAND -- Fishermen attending the Spring Salmon Spectacular hosted by Lakeshore Outfitters of Saugatuck were more concerned about the status of their chinook salmon fishery in Lake Michigan than the imposing thought of Asian carp.
That's no surprise to Michigan Department of Natural Resources senior
fisheries biologist Kregg Smith. He shares their concern for the
salmon, but also has to keep his mind on the foe from the south. more...
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Fishermen take advantage of convenient Clinton River- Editor H2ONotes [ 3/7/2012 - 18:45 ] # Fishermen take advantage of convenient Clinton River... more...
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GREAT LAKES: Anglers best to stick to protected areas- Editor H2ONotes [ 2/6/2012 - 10:18 ] # Warm daytime temperatures have eroded ice this week on an already
unstable Green Bay system, and anglers are urged to stick to protected
bays and harbors or stop at bayside bait and tackle shops for the latest
updates on offshore areas to avoid.On
Tuesday, fishermen were reporting 5 to 10 inches of ice in many areas,
including along the east shore and on up to southern Door County.
However, there is a large section of open water, some very thin areas
that recently froze over and numerous cracks to be aware of. more...
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Upper Peninsula lake is quietly becoming ice fishing hotbed- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/12/2012 - 15:18 ] #  Tim Long is a fan of Lake Gogebic, the Upper Peninsula’s largest
inland lake, which in early 2012 was one of the few water bodies in
Michigan with safe ice.
Long guides for walleyes on Gogebic, a walleye and perch fishery that
has caught the attention of anglers like walleye pro Mark Martin of
Twin Lake, who hopes to offer one of his popular ice fishing
vacation/schools there in 2013. more...
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Three Things BoatUS Angler Prizewinner Rick Clark Learned While Fishing With Mark Zona- Editor H2ONotes [ 12/27/2011 - 07:37 ] # TRAVERSE
CITY, Mich. November 10, 2011 – Largemouth bass angler Rick Clark of
Crystal River, Florida, recently went on the fishing trip of a lifetime
to Northern Michigan, guided by none other than BoatUS Angler member and
outsized television fishing show personality Mark Zona. Clark’s
girlfriend, Layne Lowrey, also of Crystal River, won the fishing trip in
a contest for members of BoatUS Angler, and gifted the prize to Rick, proclaiming herself the “best girlfriend ever”.
Of
course Rick agreed (as would any wise angler), and while fishing with
the “Awesome Fishing Show” host in the backwoods near Traverse City,
Michigan, Clark said he learned three important things: more...
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Efforts to bolster lake herring populations in Lake Huron may be stunted by deadly disease- Editor H2ONotes [ 12/12/2011 - 07:37 ] #  Algae blooms, overfishing and invasive species depleted once thriving schools of Great Lakes herring.
Now Michigan officials want to bring them back in Lake Huron. But
there’s a new concern – lake herring are highly susceptibility to an
emerging fatal fish disease.
Researchers found
that lake herring are prime targets for Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
virus. It causes organs, skin and muscles to hemorrhage. The eyes of the
sick fish bulge, they are covered by open sores and they eventually
die. more...
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Sturgeons find operating room- Editor H2ONotes [ 12/2/2011 - 07:01 ] # A lake sturgeon found in a water pipe off
Chicago this fall sparked reminders that the great fish of Lake Michigan
are coming back. And the big prehistoric fish are great nomads, too.
“They wander around the lake extensively,’’ said Rob Elliott,
a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “If a
fish swims just a mile an hour, it could swim from one end of the lake
to the other in about a week.
“With 15 to 25 years to maturity, they wander
around for a lot of years before they go back to the rivers where they
were spawned. It is not uncommon to find them throughout Lake Michigan.
It could have come from a number of rivers in Green Bay or northern Lake
Michigan, or six rearing facilities that have been stocking for about
the past five years.’’ more...
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Three Things BoatUS Angler Prizewinner Rick Clark Learned While Fishing With Mark Zona- Editor H2ONotes [ 11/17/2011 - 06:44 ] # TRAVERSE
CITY, Mich. November 10, 2011 – Largemouth bass angler Rick Clark of
Crystal River, Florida, recently went on the fishing trip of a lifetime
to Northern Michigan, guided by none other than BoatUS Angler member and
outsized television fishing show personality Mark Zona. Clark’s
girlfriend, Layne Lowrey, also of Crystal River, won the fishing trip in
a contest for members of BoatUS Angler, and gifted the prize to Rick, proclaiming herself the “best girlfriend ever”.
Of
course Rick agreed (as would any wise angler), and while fishing with
the “Awesome Fishing Show” host in the backwoods near Traverse City,
Michigan, Clark said he learned three important things: more...
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The mystery of the Elk Lake lake trout- Editor H2ONotes [ 11/17/2011 - 06:37 ] # It was the biggest lake trout the Michigan Department of Natural Resources team had netted yet out of Elk Lake. More
than 34 inches long, the lake trout looked like a battleship: tattered
fins, a scarred body -- an old fish, said Patrick O'Neill, fisheries
technician with the DNR. The DNR team was netting in Elk Lake near
Elk Rapids, at the behest of Jory Jonas, a research biologist with the
Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station. "Five years ago, we were
doing a large lake survey on this system, and we pulled in some lake
trout," said Jonas. "They just looked different, like something
special." more...
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