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DNR Announces Stocking Adjustments for Michigan Waters of Lake MichiganFollowing recommendations of the Lake Michigan Committee, the Michigan DNR will adjust Chinook salmon and lake trout stocking in 2017 and 2018 to relieve predation pressure on prey (alewives) in Lake Michigan.
This will be the fourth significant stocking adjustment to predator levels since 1999. The five-member Lake Michigan Committee is made up from all state management agencies that border Lake Michigan and the Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority. Recommendations from the committee represent the consensus of its members.
The committee worked throughout the summer with interested anglers and constituents to amend a proposal that had substantially targeted only a Chinook salmon reduction to today's recommendation to reduce a mix of species to achieve the same reduction in predation pressure in Lake Michigan while recognizing the importance of Chinook.
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Catches like this king salmon caught by Kevin Claire are going to become less frequent as Lake Michigan fish managers are cutting back on chinook salmon stockings.
Catches like this king salmon caught by Kevin Claire are going to become less frequent as Lake Michigan fish managers are cutting back on chinook salmon stockings." title="Catches like this king salmon caught by Kevin Claire are going to become less frequent as Lake Michigan fish managers are cutting back on chinook salmon stockings.
The DNR will temporarily cease stocking Chinook salmon in Lake Michigan in 2017 out of concern that there isn't enough food in the lake.
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One bite, one fish is all it takes to be a winner in the free Skamania Mania contest set for June 25-26 in Michigan City.
The 26th annual big steelhead contest starts at 12:01 a.m. on June 25 (Saturday) and concludes at 3 p.m. on June 26 (Sunday). No preregistration is required - just go fish.
Anglers catching the 12 largest steelhead over the two days win Cabelas gift cards starting with $200 for first place and going to $25 for 12th. The 13th biggest steelie wins a $200 rod and reel combo.
Weigh in times are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the Northwest Indiana Steelheaders tent near the Coast Guard station on the Michigan City harbor. All of Lake Michigan and its tributaries may be fished. Complete rules are at www.nwisteelheaders.org.
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Indiana Lake Trout Record Shattered
Indiana's youngest charter boat captain shattered the state lake trout record by "accidentally" catching a fish last weekend that was older than he is.
Tyler Kreighbaum, 25, owner of Tightline Fishing Charters in Michigan City, caught the fish in Lake Michigan on June 11. It measured 44 inches long and weighed 37.55 pounds, beating the previous state record by about 8 pounds. The former record was 29-4 set in 1993.
"I caught it by accident," Kreighbaum said. "I thought I was hooked on bottom. I was trying to break the line off."
Kreighbaum, his wife and first mate Britney, and five clients were trolling with downriggers near the Michigan state line. Kreighbaum said the trout came up easily, which was another reason he thought he had hooked debris, and not a fish.
Even after landing the fish, Kreighbaum didn't immediately recognize its significance.
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Expect good lake trout fishing on the big lakes.Each year the Michigan DNR assesses lake trout populations in lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron, using a fleet of specially designed Great Lakes research vessels to determine trends in their populations and their status toward being self-sustaining. The results of the 2015 surveys and outlook for 2016 for each lake are as follows:
Lake Superior
Lake trout abundance is monitored through surveys conducted annually in the spring for adult abundance and summer for juveniles. Lake trout abundance in Michigan waters of Lake Superior has remained stable over the past 10 years following a decline from peak abundances in the later part of the 1990s.
Juvenile lake trout numbers in the survey declined following the same trend seen since 2011. Sea lamprey-induced mortality, the major source of lake trout deaths in Lake Superior, continued to remain above the target level as it has since 1992. The 2016 outlook is to expect similar populations of adult and juvenile lake trout in Lake Superior as seen in 2015.