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Lake Erie lake is unique in that its waters contain a variety of fish, some here by accident, but most here, naturally. The pike is a native the lake. So yellow perch.

But there is a species that has captured my curiosity. Is the lake whitefish. I've never seen one alive or dead, and I've never caught one. However, they are a mainstay of the commercial fishing industry around the Great Lakes. And, yes, they are native to Lake Erie.

White fish is a member of the trout and salmon family salmon. And I'm told they are a big fish eat. However, never see in supermarkets. If the ads are catching them, Who's Buying? I love to sit at a dinner of white fish for some time.

Moreover, I would like to sport

capture some of these fish. But according to Michigan DNR, That's more a little complicated. Until recently, few anglers have even tried to catch lake whitefish, although DNR says the situation is changing, and fishermen are trying to perfect a method of capturing them.

Michigan DNR says the lake whitefish prefer solitary swim with a school of white fish in depths up to companions 200 feet and deeper during mid –

summer. Of course, this is the main reason they are difficult to catch. Lake Erie, has a terrain that is about 200 meters deep, but what happens near Buffalo.

However, the whitefish is generated at the onset of winter in the shallow rock or sand bottom lake waters within 25 feet of depth. These waters are Western Erie Basin and the shallower areas of the Central Basin. The Detroit River is one of the whitefish spawning areas, too.

The young hatch the following spring, and grow big enough to leave the shallow waters of protection for the deeper waters in early summer. White fish generally grow rapidly, but this varies by region and food supplies.

Of lake whitefish can reach a size of more than 20 pounds and an age over 25 years, although this was more common 50 years ago. While the depletion of fish stocks excess white

fishing and environmental degradation had dramatically reduced business performance, the environmental cleanup and management of fisheries carefully the 1960s have largely remedied this.

In recent years, Ohio commercial fishermen have offset around 1.4 million pounds of whitefish.

Unlike their large

mouth of prime salmon and trout, lake whitefish has a small, delicate mouth (another challenge to the fisherman), and therefore limited to dining insects, freshwater shrimp, small fish and fish eggs and bottom organisms.

Most feeding takes place in or near Lake

-funds. Whitefish eggs are consumed by yellow perch, cisco, burbot, and even other white fish. Young Whitefish fall prey to lake trout, northern pike, burbot, walleye, and probably other fish-eating predators. Adult whitefish are mainly taken by men.

While sport fishing for whitefish is about zero so far, some Lake Erie fishing reports, are testing the tiny fly —

as decoys to catch these elusive fish. I have not seen any reports yet on its success. When I do, I'll let everyone in on the secret.

But the possibility of adding white fish to the list of anglers from breeders, is fascinating. These fish have been at the lake for thousands of years and fishermen are discovering the potential. My

-o-my!

About the Author:

Capt. Tony Denslow is a retired news journalist who now operates a sportfishing charter business on Lake Erie.

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The life cycle of a chinook salmon near Michigan is truly amazing! It completes a remarkable migration, often over hundreds of kilometers, tributary to return to the exact birthplace to spawn and complete their life cycle.

Chinook salmon are the largest species of salmon of Michigan. The status register is a whopping 46 lbs 1 oz but average about 12-14 pounds. This is the same average weight of most Chinook are found in Alaskan waters.

My son and I personally had the opportunity to witness spawning salmon while fly fishing the Pere Marquette River in Baldwin, Michigan, with Mike Marsh Marsh Ridge River Guide Service.

During the process of spawning salmon female lays on its side and use their tails to dig a hole and lay their eggs. Then choose a male salmon fertilizes. And then guard their nests for about four days to ensure predators do not eat eggs. Therefore, it is "very important" that the fishermen did not try to capture the females that nest in the gravel beds or their eggs will die and fewer salmon return in the coming years. Try to catch the males only if near a gravel bed – which normally can be found nearby shadow areas, not too far from females nesting now.

Our guide, Mike Marsh, were well informed about a chinook salmon and gently explained in detail, his circle of life. My son and I learned that the life of a chinook salmon, marked as much by the tenacity and processing, represents one of most unique travel nature. They are also very challenging and fun to catch.

I highly recommend you learn more about Mike Marsh, visit their website at http://marshguide.com/michigan_fly_fishing_guides.html and book a fishing trip.'s U.S. Forest Service allows for the Pere Marquette River (The River PM), the Big Manistee River, White River, Little Manistee River and Pine River.

Circle of Life from a chinook salmon:

Chinook salmon lay eggs in nests, called redds, excavated by the female. After a salmon eggs are laid in the REDD, one or more salmon male can fertilize the eggs. After fertilization, the female buries the eggs by ground water rising above the REDD in eggs. Chinook salmon die after spawning, completing the circle of life. The bodies salmon provide nutrients to the river ecosystem to help juvenile salmon grow. When the eggs emerge, are termed as "fry" or fry yolk sac. Fry remain in the gravel where they survive by absorbing nutrients in their yolk. chinook salmon as baby grows, they become fingerlings. Shake Fry of gravel and move to areas with little land, near present. Fry small insects and crustaceans. Young chinook salmon migrate downstream to the estuary at any time from immediately after emerging from the gravel after raising more than 1 year in the River. Most young chinook salmon migrate from the rivers in the spring months. Chinook salmon as youth prepare to enter the Great Lakes, which go through a physiological process called smolting. During smolting, many physiological processes to prepare them for life in the marine environment. After chinook salmon into the Great Lakes, which grow rapidly on a diet of other fish. Finally, adult, fully grown, find their way back into the rivers. Chinook salmon generally spend 1 to 4 years of growth in the Great Lakes, before returning to rivers to spawn. Some may remain in the great lakes of 5 or more years. Once back in the rivers, the chinook salmon migrating upstream to an area near where they were born. Initially, the chinook salmon is an appropriate place to spawn and complete of its life cycle.

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