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Article: Smallmouth bass are back in Great Lakes, for now
- Article from:
- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2001
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The Great Lakes smallmouth bass is back in the headlines.
If you think the long fight to protect them is over, take another look at the advance hype that's been leaking out of Springfield lately.
Someday, the world's finest smallmouth bass fishing might lie at our doorstep.
Yet the nagging questions are for how long? And what have we learned from how the other Great Lakes have managed their fisheries during the past century?
Once known as the "smallmouth bass capital of the world," Wisconsin's Thumb Peninsula in Door County now comes close to sharing that top honor with Lake Erie. In fact, smallmouth bass have rebounded throughout the Great Lakes, from Superior's Chequamegon Bay to the ...