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Re:The $64,000 Question...
t3pt6k	Port: Grand Haven, MI	08/15/2007 10:09

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I was fishing Lake Huron prior to the crash up until 2001 and compare it to Lake M. I think it's prudent to be cautious about Lake M but what we are seeing now is in no way the same in my estimation.

The "little fish" we are getting now are way bigger then the "little fish" we were getting on Lake Huron. The amount of bait our fish have had in them this year has been better then recent years past in my opinion and the winding down of Lake H we hardly found full guts. The amount of bait that we have been marking from St Joe to Ludington over the season has been more then I've seen in years past also - obviously that could be being in the right place at the right time - but this year we have consistently brought fish in with double digit alewives in their guts.

Some people are calling the increase of Lake Trout catches on the east side of Lake M as an indicator, and that may be true, but it may also be an indicator of the offshore hatchery beginning to do it's job andf the fact that they figured out that they like eating gobies!

If I had to guess if there is a size issue for Kings on Lake M it still revolves around the overabundance of kings in Lake M - consider that we won't see the effects of the 25% lakewide reduction in plants in mature fish for another year or two. Addiitonally as the east side of Lake M generates natural reproduction I would guess we will get a smaller class of fish just be sheer genetics. Consider we aren't at the weir picking the best and brightest to milk eggs from - we are allowing nature to take its course.

There is no question however that all our lakes are under seige from foreign invaders and continue to find new ones on a regular basis. Again keep contacting your governmental officials and let them know that this is a major issue. Lets hope we can keep nursing Lake M along and avoid a Lake H scenario.

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