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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.

Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.

Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.

COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."

First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.

City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.

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Great Lakes Fish and Fishing

A Muskie takes the bait. Click for larger image.5 | The Record Book

Some huge fish have been caught in the Great Lakes! Here's a look at some of the biggest.

Related state/provincial records:
Indiana | Michigan | Minnesota
New York | Ohio | Ontario | Pennsylvania | Wisconsin

See also: Pennsylvania's biggest fish of 2000


SPECIES

LENGTH (inches)

WEIGHT (pounds)

YEAR

LAKE

STATE

American Eel 43 7.44 1990 St. Clair Michigan
Atlantic Salmon 41 32.62 1981 Michigan Michigan
Brook Trout NA 14.50 2000 Ontario Ontario
Brown Trout NA 36.72 1997 Michigan Illinois
Burbot 36.25 19.19 2001 Lake of the Woods Minnesota
Chinook Salmon 48 47.81 1991 Ontario New York
Coho Salmon 41.9 33.44 1998 Ontario New York
Lake Herring 25 5.4 1992 Michigan Michigan
Lake Trout NA 63.12 2000 Ontario Ontario
Lake Whitefish 31.75 14.28 1993 Superior Michigan
Largemouth Bass NA 15.31 1985 Erie Pennsylvania
Pink Salmon NA 4.94 1985 Ontario New York
Rainbow Trout NA 31.19 2004 Ontario New York
Round Whitefish 21.5 4.06 1992 Michigan Michigan
Smallmouth Bass NA 9.5 1993 Erie Ohio
Splake 34.5 17.50 2004 Delta Michigan
Walleye 33 16.19 1999 Erie Ohio
Yellow Perch 14.5 2.75 1984 Erie Ohio

Source: State fishing records. Last updated 12/17/2006. Photo: A muskie takes the bait, Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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