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We used to get them early in the spring in any quantity you wanted to clean. Five gallon pail could be got with one swoop of the dip net....But Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is to blame for the decline in smelt, and as far as I am concerned perch too. The DNR in its infinite wisdom decided to implant this black nasty bird called a comorant (sp) which consumes a vast amount of fish per day. The comorant has eaten more than the lakes can supply. The bird was introduced at least 20 years ago. When I lived in the U.P. we lived in a commercial fishing area (Garden Peninsula) and I still talk to some of my friends from there. They tell me the comorant population has declined substantially (maybe the DNR has wised up and thinned them down)and they are seeing perch fishing increase a bit. Hopefully along with that the smelt fish population will see a increase.
Good morning all.
Yes Steve they dropped that black nasty bird off up here. The reason that they are not doing so well lately is that someone keeps dropping skunks off on the island they nest on, imagine that. Those skunks really do a number on those eggs. Poooooooor birdy's NOT
The DNR have really done a number on the UP. We had (notice had) trumpet swan pairs on the lake 4 pair, they have been coming for years and nesting. The DNR killed them last summer said they weren't native to our region, neither was the red or grey wolf but that didn't stop those buzzards from dropping them in our back yards anyway. The timber wolf was what we use to have.
Sorry DNR makes my blood boil.
As a rule I like the officers in the field (not always) but the desk jockeys well I can't say it. And why kill trumpeter swans the are endangered and they are to native I would have raise cane and then some. They let some people here kill all the mute swans on there lake cause they poop and there was a large number so a blood bath rather then taking actin to control the numbers I could go on for days about this but I will spear you
We used to get them early in the spring in any quantity you wanted to clean. Five gallon pail could be got with one swoop of the dip net....But Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is to blame for the decline in smelt, and as far as I am concerned perch too. The DNR in its infinite wisdom decided to implant this black nasty bird called a comorant (sp) which consumes a vast amount of fish per day. The comorant has eaten more than the lakes can supply. The bird was introduced at least 20 years ago. When I lived in the U.P. we lived in a commercial fishing area (Garden Peninsula) and I still talk to some of my friends from there. They tell me the comorant population has declined substantially (maybe the DNR has wised up and thinned them down)and they are seeing perch fishing increase a bit. Hopefully along with that the smelt fish population will see a increase.
Good morning all.
Yes Steve they dropped that black nasty bird off up here. The reason that they are not doing so well lately is that someone keeps dropping skunks off on the island they nest on, imagine that. Those skunks really do a number on those eggs. Poooooooor birdy's NOT
The DNR have really done a number on the UP. We had (notice had) trumpet swan pairs on the lake 4 pair, they have been coming for years and nesting. The DNR killed them last summer said they weren't native to our region, neither was the red or grey wolf but that didn't stop those buzzards from dropping them in our back yards anyway. The timber wolf was what we use to have.
Sorry DNR makes my blood boil.
As a rule I like the officers in the field (not always) but the desk jockeys well I can't say it. And why kill trumpeter swans the are endangered and they are to native I would have raise cane and then some. They let some people here kill all the mute swans on there lake cause they poop and there was a large number so a blood bath rather then taking actin to control the numbers I could go on for days about this but I will spear you
