Jjgrow420
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Nah first fish is a coho.
Red belly, white gums
Runs just starting, that's on a pier
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Red belly, white gums
Runs just starting, that's on a pier
MICHI-CAN
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Jjgrow420
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Ya looks like a fresh small hen. There's a few diff ways to tell. It's pretty tough, especially in the spring. Easier to tell when they going to spawn. Either way, I dont particularly care what it was as long as it's tugging. We have Atlantic's (which are hard to tell from the Browns) coho and Chinook.
Trout we have Lakers (Gross) browns and bows.
MNR taught us white gums/tongues--- coho.
Black gums -. King
MICHI-CAN
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I've caught one Atlantic ever. Only seen two. Yes, browns with scary hooked jaws.
I fish close to Lake Michigan mouth of the Grand River. Silver fish for the first few weeks of runs.
Jjgrow420
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I fish the grand too but on my side
MICHI-CAN
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I say less restrictions on those swimming cans of crisco,"lakers", that are eating most everything. Predominately fingerling game species. Mussels and carp are part of problem. Sad how mis managed our lakes are.
Jjgrow420
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It's true. Without getting too political, there def is a side that cuts funding and a side that doesn't.... Can connect your own dots.
MICHI-CAN
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No. It is a matter of tourism. A lake trout will inhale anything in sight in cold water. Hence charters for attempting fisher folks with happy endings. More profits. Economy before environment.
I've seen salmon runs that became more lakers than anything over the years.
Jjgrow420
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It's sad that sewer systems in cities are over capacity and waste facilities dump raw sewage into the lakes (especially USA) now we are guilty of this as well. It's generally when heavy rainfalls happen and the system literally can't let all the water through so it's diverted straight into the lake (or nriver) not to mention love canal.... Or the steel industries. We even have a nuclear power plant on the lake, now mind you the fishing in the discharge is fucking insane lol but ya. Blinky???
Anti depressants make their way through the system, into our very own drinking water, and into the lake. They've actually done studies and found traces of this in fish. They also found the fish didn't migrate as well. Also something about them lacking a certain vitamin or something due to not being able to process it because of what we're putting in the water. Sorry it was an article I read a few years back so my recollection is like most of my memory... A bit foggy.
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It's destined for failure.... Eventually. Not in our life times but just imagine the stories told of a time once past where salmon and trout inhabited the lake.... Fucked up to think about. But on this track ....that's the outcome.
Anti depressants make their way through the system, into our very own drinking water, and into the lake. They've actually done studies and found traces of this in fish. They also found the fish didn't migrate as well. Also something about them lacking a certain vitamin or something due to not being able to process it because of what we're putting in the water. Sorry it was an article I read a few years back so my recollection is like most of my memory... A bit foggy.
. It's destined for failure.... Eventually. Not in our life times but just imagine the stories told of a time once past where salmon and trout inhabited the lake.... Fucked up to think about. But on this track ....that's the outcome.
MICHI-CAN
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Piranha and snake heads caught at my closest power plant discharge. Tropical waters year round. What could be a miss?It's sad that sewer systems in cities are over capacity and waste facilities dump raw sewage into the lakes (especially USA) now we are guilty of this as well. It's generally when heavy rainfalls happen and the system literally can't let all the water through so it's diverted straight into the lake (or nriver) not to mention love canal.... Or the steel industries. We even have a nuclear power plant on the lake, now mind you the fishing in the discharge is fucking insane lol but ya. Blinky???
Anti depressants make their way through the system, into our very own drinking water, and into the lake. They've actually done studies and found traces of this in fish. They also found the fish didn't migrate as well. Also something about them lacking a certain vitamin or something due to not being able to process it because of what we're putting in the water. Sorry it was an article I read a few years back so my recollection is like most of my memory... A bit foggy.
It's destined for failure.... Eventually. Not in our life times but just imagine the stories told of a time once past where salmon and trout inhabited the lake.... Fucked up to think about. But on this track ....that's the outcome.
Do our part and inform others as we can.
And two headed fish may bite better. LOL.
Jjgrow420
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Star Dog
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Yeah i like loop rods more than any other, the 9.6ft multi is peach lol, light af and pokey enough to land anything I'm likely to hook.
I've also got a blue line but i rarely use these days, the blue line are great rods imo.
MICHI-CAN
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Mine is big river steelhead tool. 13+ foot noodle and spey rods for things under 8 lbs. 3+kilo.
And I hope that is "Ultra Green" And not "Chameleon" Maxima I see. Amazing line. Just dip your arbor or spool prior to using. Eases the memory issues of it considerably.
Star Dog
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Oh yeah ultra green aka tarry rope lol, reliability is key
MICHI-CAN
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As are palimar, half hitch and snell knots. Slippery stuff will untie. LOL.Oh yeah ultra green aka tarry rope lol, reliability is key
MICHI-CAN
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You should snag lamprey as my friends and I do in the Muskegon. Nasty things. Kill em all.
Jjgrow420
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He had it on him and was a jumper -- shook it right near shore. Sometimes they won't let go and we bring em up and smash em on the cement
MICHI-CAN
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We toss them on the front deck of a little flat bottom jet in full sun. Then distribute the days dried meat along the banks while drifting back to the launch. Some benefit.