Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Perch, Year Classes in Lake Michigan, By the Numbers

As you will often hear from old timers next to you fishing for perch along the miles of shoreline on Lake Michigan, things aren't what they used to be.  The good old days died in the early nineties with mussels, alewifes, overfishing, and dwindling bait fish populations to name a few.  Here's a graph that not only tells you the state of fishing this year, but can be used to help predict years to come.

4 comments:

  1. See Dr. Wilberg 2005. It was the commercial nets and DNR mismanagement and violation of laws

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    1. Going to quota allowed netters to target large perch filled with eggs. no eggs no baby perch, no future perch. Fish eggs are most valuable.

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  2. The next great failure, was the failure to stock perch again. USFWS, why don't you stock perch, isn't a mandate or yours, to protect and enhance fisheries?

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