Chicagon Lake spawning structures
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Chicagon Lake spawning structures
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking volunteers to assist in placing wood habitat structures in Chicagon Lake (Iron County) on Sunday, March 2, to provide additional spawning habitat for muskellunge.
Click here for more information, hope you can make it!
Click here for more information, hope you can make it!
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Never would have thought much of crib fishing for muskies, but I have been shown the error of my ways in recent years.
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Will, Mark Mylchreest, the fish technician in charge of this, is a die-hard muskie angler. I've fished with him and he has only the best interests of the fishery and the anglers at heart. He's a great guy.
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From Mark:
The structures we are talking about are located in five to ten feet of water and are for spawning. They are eighteen inches tall and will provide some attractiveness to fish but are not the normal fish crib.
They are at the north end of the lake and on the north most shoreline toward the creek so they are very easy to find.
The structures we are talking about are located in five to ten feet of water and are for spawning. They are eighteen inches tall and will provide some attractiveness to fish but are not the normal fish crib.
They are at the north end of the lake and on the north most shoreline toward the creek so they are very easy to find.
The report from the Chicagon habitat project was it was a good success!
About 20 volunteers showed up in -25 F to start off. They made and placed 23 "tic tac toe" shaped structures measuring 24' x 24' which are weighed down with small rocks and cobble which fill the squares and are held in welded wire mesh, which is in turn fastened to the 4"-6" maple timbers.
I think I got all that right, I will have to post pictures if I can get some. I was unable to make the road trip, but one dedicated MMA member from Grand Rapids did! Big thanks to Larry and all the other local volunteers, sounds like a pretty cool project
About 20 volunteers showed up in -25 F to start off. They made and placed 23 "tic tac toe" shaped structures measuring 24' x 24' which are weighed down with small rocks and cobble which fill the squares and are held in welded wire mesh, which is in turn fastened to the 4"-6" maple timbers.
I think I got all that right, I will have to post pictures if I can get some. I was unable to make the road trip, but one dedicated MMA member from Grand Rapids did! Big thanks to Larry and all the other local volunteers, sounds like a pretty cool project
Nice work Larry! impressive trip. I would have loved to go. Also look forward to seeing pics of this if anyone has them, and also follow up on the effectiveness of the projectDuke wrote:The report from the Chicagon habitat project was it was a good success!
About 20 volunteers showed up in -25 F to start off. They made and placed 23 "tic tac toe" shaped structures measuring 24' x 24' which are weighed down with small rocks and cobble which fill the squares and are held in welded wire mesh, which is in turn fastened to the 4"-6" maple timbers.
I think I got all that right, I will have to post pictures if I can get some. I was unable to make the road trip, but one dedicated MMA member from Grand Rapids did! Big thanks to Larry and all the other local volunteers, sounds like a pretty cool project
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I like it, cool pics, and interesting structures. I hope there is a good method in place to track the effectiveness in this, as I think it is something that could be used/needed in a lot of other water around the state given the right circumstances...
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Just curious. Is there a difference in preferred spawning habitat between the GLS fish and the northern UP/Wisconsin strain fish? I have heard that the fish in those western UP lakes have shown some natural reproduction with the northern strain fish previously stocked in there. Now that GLS fish are being stocked in Chicagon, is that going to make a difference in where/how these fish try to spawn?
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