17 Minute Fishing Season in Michigan

[kmudgn]

NY Times share:

The Michigan Lake Where the Sturgeon Season Is 17 Minutes Long

Despite its brevity, the rush to spear giant sturgeon in Cheboygan, Mich., is important to the local economy.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SurfnFish]

well, at least it's sporting

 

[Shad]

When you get 17 minutes to fish, it could be an indication that the fishery is not very sustainable. Just a thought.

 

[krusty]

Don't give the WDFG department any ideas....

 

[Shad]

A 5-minute opener for sturgeon spearing on the Columbia sounds sweet... and for an extra 10 bucks, you can use two spears!

 

[krusty]

My grandfather's Spokane River salmon spear he used before the dams put an end to the runs....

 

[Shad]

My grandfather's Spokane River salmon spear he used before the dams put an end to the runs....View attachment 141368

Wow. Talk about a relic from better times.

That's pretty neat.

 

[Salmo_g]

When you get 17 minutes to fish, it could be an indication that the fishery is not very sustainable. Just a thought.

The season isn't a time limit. For the past 25 years the season has been limited to six sturgeon harvested per year. It closes as soon as the 6th fish is speared. That might be sustainable.

 

[krusty]

Wow. Talk about a relic from better times.

That's pretty neat.

He said he had a much bigger one for June Hogs.

This one is 5" across.

I feel like a 'relic from better times' myself...

 

[Wolverine]

I spent many a day in a tar paper ice fishing shanty staring into water watching for a pike or musky to come after the decoy fish below. Still have a few decoys around somewhere. Used to hang them on the Christmas tree. I think my brother still has the spears.

 

[Shad]

The season isn't a time limit. For the past 25 years the season has been limited to six sturgeon harvested per year. It closes as soon as the 6th fish is speared. That might be sustainable.

Agreed, but if 6 fish each year is all the population has to spare....

 

[Lake flyer]

In the spring there is a spawning run of these sturgeon up the Black River tand requires volunteers to patrol the river to prevent poaching during that time period

 

[Chucker]

It is going that way for some PNW sturgeon fisheries.

One And Done: Bonneville Closes To Sturgeon Retention; Dalles Pool Also Closes, But May Reopen -

Following "record effort and catch rates," sturgeon retention is closing on the Bonneville Day after a one-day season, as will The Dalles Pool, which may reopen later, and ODFW managers say they want "to have an honest conversation with the public about whether we should continue to keep...

nwsportsmanmag.com

Spot shrimp season in central sound is already only 4 hours per year.