Saturday, 19 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.

Michigan has a number of places along the Great Lakes, the rivers and other ponds that one can carry out the whole activity. Fishery is important for the people of this state. The north is the most productive of all regions. This is because of the harsh weather that comes with winter. This leads to a condition called winter-kill. As a result of the harsh weather, a lot of fish die. The whole activity turns into collecting or rather searching already hunt fish.

However, no matter the huge numbers can be as a result of winter kill, this cannot be the sole effect to the population sizes and the quality of fish. Winter kill is more common in Southern part than any other part. This is because winter hits real hard south than it does northerly and the rest of the Peninsula. This as a result gives the reason to why the numbers down south in terms of fish population are low. However, in summer the south houses the highest number.

The northwest part can be analyzed as a follows. Most parts have been affected by great ice cover and the channels have been inaccessible and this has hampered fishing in a holistic way. This consequently has affected the whole economy in these areas.

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.

Little Bay, Munising, Cedarville and Hassel, and Keweenaw Bay all at northerly fall culprit to the melting of ice in the summer. This affects the methods they use as there is no more winter-kill at this time. Anglers have to go further in the lakes with boats and use different methods like wax worms to fish with.

The catch in the north is good to some reasonable extent. This can be attributed to a winter-kill and the ice cover that lies on the lakes. In winter, anglers can access the Great Lakes through the muse of cars and air boats. This however cannot be the case in spring and more in April when the season has changed.

Anglers and generally anyone who would want to fish can get a license from as low as thirty US dollars. This has contributed heavily on the increase in the whole activity.




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