Thursday, 24 April 2014

An Overview On The Northern Michigan Fishing Report

By Essie Osborn


Michigan houses the great lakes which is one of the biggest in the world. This offers an opportunity to do fishing considering the fact that it is a fresh water lake. The social and economic impact of this activity, is quite big for Michigan state and its people in a wider perspective. This needs a good review of northern Michigan fishing report.

There are numerous areas along the shores and the lake that house fishing. The best analysis of them is through area by area. However, northern parts are more reproductive than the other parts. This is due to the fact that winter and its harsh conditions that come with it play a huge role when it comes to fishery. The harsh winter temperatures cause the death of fish. This is commonly referred to as winter kill.

However, cannot be used as a tool to peg it down to the population of fish and their subsequent worth. The ice kill is common in the southern part of the lake and the peninsula. Down the Detroit River one can easily spot the ice kill. This is more of a hunt than the traditional methods where one goes down with his net. In addition, the winter kill is as a result of ice can be easily be attributed to timely arrival of winter.

The upper part of Michigan can be analyzed geographically and the consequential catch that comes with it. The northern part is partly inaccessible during winter and this hampers the whole activity. The economy with relation to this activity also suffers in a major way.

Platte Bay, Portage Lake, Frankfort, Onekama, and Lake Cadillac are some of the areas that suffer from these changes. Conversely, Lake Cadillac, as witnessed by many anglers, can allow catching in winter. Conversely, when temperatures rise the channel cannot be accessible as the ice will be melting pretty fast. This has led anglers to use spoons, spawn, and baits, minute and wax worms. All in the aim of getting a good catch.

The fast melting in the north has affected heavily Munising and Keweenaw Bay, Little Bay and Cedarville and Hassel. Anglers have found it hard to access the north due to a high temperatures. High temperatures have caused a huge melt in ice levels which consequently have made the channels inaccessible. This has made anglers to use an improvised technique to fishing.

The most common catch include: whitefish, rainbow, perch, crappies, gills, pan fish, bluegills, and turbot. These, find their way into many eating joints located in close proximity to the lake. The most desired being the perch because of its size and the ease it comes with catching one which is done through a hunt. However, the one which is caught in huge numbers and is the crappies and the pan fish. They are the ones that suffer from the ice kill more than any other type of fishes.

The Michigan state has good laws and limitations in reference to licensing of fishing. They vary in terms of the scale of production. They lowest being from $20. This has caused a rise in this activity.




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