The Michigan DNR annually adjusts fishing regulations to ensure Michigans fisheries resources are managed properly and provide the best benefits to anglers and the public.

For the coming 2016-2017 angling year, which started April 1, the DNR the following new or changed fishing regulations will be in effect:

• Lake Michigan Lake trout and splake are now covered by the same regulations in MM 1-8.
• The Menominee River lake sturgeon protection zone was expanded and now encompasses the Grand Rapids Dam downstream to the end of the breakwalls in Green Bay.
• Anglers fishing for trout on inland waters should double-check the regulations for where they plan to fish as regulations for several waters were changed.
• Regulation changes effective last fall (November 2015) are highlighted in red text in the 2016-2017 Michigan Fishing Guide.
  

Anglers should note that this yearís fishing guide covers a two-year cycle, 2016 and 2017. A new guide will not be produced in 2017. The guide is available at all major retailers and online at www.michigan.gov/fishingguide.