After starting out as hot as a $2 pistol, coho salmon fishing cut off abruptly at the extreme southern end of Lake Michigan this past week, and charter captains worried that the fish might have been affected by a newly discovered disease called viral hemorrhagic septicemia.

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The Great Lakes have made a dramatic recovery since the 1950s but face new, vexing problems that are fundamentally changing the world's largest source of fresh surface water.

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that it has decided on dates when new regulations for fishermen and bait dealers will take effect.

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There is always hope, although reality is Michigan City coho anglers are likely in for another spotty spring.

Then again, all it takes is one school of the silvery salmon to wander into the harbor for a few weeks and everyone will be happy. Better yet would be for one big school of alewives to take up residence and keep the coho around even longer.

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