In almost every instance where a government based operation like the DNR has stopped stocking, the natural population has boomed and its better for the species, and the anglers. Hopefully this will be the case here also.
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i have heard fish are on the move now
I'll be out on the Clinton this weekend. Conditions should be optimal. Water temp is about 64 right now, turbidity is down, and the flow rate is up. Looking like it'll be a good one!
Anyone had any luck in SE MI? I was out in Lake Huron yesterday dragging a mess of spoons and bombers for hours with no luck.
I had a car show this weekend so I didn't make it out.
Next weekend I have Disney on Ice with my daughter
Seems if they are running in the rivers, I'm missing them this year
i was up again this past weekend
decent amount of fish in the system, almost everything on the beds spawning
Water is still low on the west side of the state, but the steel head are moving up. Had a great day swinging flies for them yesterday.
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It's THAT time again. I'll be on the pere marquette river for the next 3 weekends.
Have a river charter on Oct 8
The numbers have been up in the great lakes, hopefully this downward spiral of salmon population is reversing and they flood the rivers.
They're already in the PM. That water is almost unfishable right now with all the asshole snaggers.
We're at the lowest number of alewives since sampling began. The DNR is continuing to decrease Salmon stocking, and increase Lake Trout stocking as well as other specie. The majority of salmon returning to the rivers is now a naturally reproducing population.
With the DNR making chumming illegal for steelhead, it's great news for those of us who actually fish and not just snag fish off their beds or chum.