Stocking fish, protecting lake habitat and adding or removing regulations are desired outcomes of Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries surveys.
It may be the same story in 2021.
DNR Fisheries Biologist Mark Tonello said unfortunately no work was done in the Cadillac area last year. The Central Lake Michigan Management Unit is the fisheries unit Tonello works within and it covers from the Muskegon River watershed up to the Mackinac Bridge. What that means is, every inland river, stream or lake that flows into Lake Michigan from there to the bridge has two biologists and one crew of three fish technicians. The problem is we have very few people to cover a huge geographical area, he said. In a perfect world, we would survey them all, all the time. Especially the places where we are actively managing like the places where we are stocking fish.
CADILLAC — We got a sneak peek of spring weather this week and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants to remind people of spring occurrence — fish kill.