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Article: Lake Michigan game fish future uncertain\
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2007
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The amount of prey fish that provide food for the larger sport fish that are native to Lake Michigan fell last year to a record-low level, while populations rose among invasive species such as zebra mussels and the goby, according to a government survey.
The overall picture casts a cloud of uncertainty over the future of the lake's sport fishery, said Jim Dexter, Lake Michigan basin coordinator for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
"The $64,000 question is, will the forage community (prey fish) hold up and continue to provide reasonable fishing in Lake Michigan and allow us to meet our objectives for maintaining ...