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| Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Technical Report No. 97-4, 1997 |
Sportfishing Catch and Effort from the Michigan Waters
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Gerald P. Rakoczy and Ronald F. Svoboda Michigan Department of Natural Resources Charlevoix Fisheries Station 96 Grant Street Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 |
 Abstract.-Sportfishing
catch and effort were sampled on lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Superior
from April 1, 1994 through March 31, 1995. The objective of the creel monitoring
program is to obtain a continuous record of sport catch, catch rates, and
catch composition for the Great Lakes and important anadromous river fisheries.
Over 85,000 anglers were interviewed at the completion of their fishing
trips. Catch and effort estimates were calculated by month for all areas
sampled. It was estimated that anglers spent 6.2 million angler hours in
all areas of the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes that were surveyed.
Total harvest was estimated to be over 5.3 million fish. Yellow perch were
the most abundant species in the sport catch in most sample areas. Great
Lakes sport anglers harvested an estimated 4.5 million yellow perch, 317,000
walleye, 75,000 chinook salmon, 59,000 brown trout, 58,000 lake trout, 31,000
coho salmon, and 31,000 rainbow trout. |
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Fisheries Technical Report No. 97-4
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