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Water
Withdrawal Workshop Schedule
WATER_WORKSHOP
Jon Hunter and Boyd Dillon played a key role in our Spring Cleanup.
Creel Census Starts on 4/25 - Please Help Clerks With Their Work Because It Will Help Us In Determining 2010 Regulations April 22, 2009
Contact Dave Borgeson 989-732-3541 ext 5070 or Mary Dettloff 517
335-3014
DNR Fisheries Division to Conduct Creel Survey on Au Sable River Below Mio
As trout season approaches, the Department of Natural Resources wants
anglers who fish the Au Sable River from Mio to McKinley to know it will
be conducting a large-scale creel survey during the entire season.
Three creel clerks – two in watercraft and one on foot – will
conduct short interviews with anglers about their fishing success; if
the anglers have any fish in possession, they will ask to measure the
fish. The creel survey is designed to ascertain the catch rates and
harvest as fisheries biologists consider regulations that will maximize
the stream’s potential to produce large trout while allowing continued
harvest.
“We’ve tried to model what will happen under various management
scenarios, but we have to answer a couple of basic questions,” said
Dave Borgeson, Northern Lake Huron Fisheries Management Supervisor.
“Those questions are -- how much harvest is there with the current
regulations and are catch rates high enough to produce significant
hooking mortality?”
Creel clerks will be on the river from Mio to McKinley five days a
week, including all weekends and holidays, working random shifts, from
early morning to dark. They will attempt to conduct interviews as
quickly as possible with as little interference with anglers as they can
manage.
The stretch of the Au Sable below Mio is currently being managed with
experimental regulations; the DNR has made it a priority to simplify
regulations as much as possible. But proposed regulations changes for
the Mio-to-McKinley stretch have been contentious with no consensus
among angler groups.
DNR Fisheries personnel hope to gather enough information to propose
new regulations by next season.
The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use
and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for current and future
generations.
Clean For Now - In addition to myriad mayfly species Perry Creek boasts a great diversity of stonefly, caddis, dragonfly, and dobsonfly nymphs. (Photo: Patrick Bevier)
The Cleanup of Perry Creek
Needs Your Help!
Write
Governor Jennifer Granholm (PO Box 30013,
Lansing, MI 48909) and Ask Her to Use
Stimulus Money to Finish the Job. If
DEQ Acts Soon We Can Avoid Any Problems on
the Trophy Water.
Learn More
About Perry Creek-Hoskins
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Love The South Branch?
The Anglers of the Au Sable application for a conservation grant from Orvis has been accepted. This is for stream habitat on the South Branch. Orvis and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation will match funds donated for this project. This is a two to one match, doubling your donation.
Eric Sharp's Article on the Grant:
http://www.freep.com/article/20090412/SPORTS10/904120523/1058/Fallen+trees+aren+t+debris
ORVIS
Tap on this link: Orvis Conservation Grant
You will see what this is about. Make sure you indicate on your check that this is for the Orvis Grant. Send checks to Anglers of the Au Sable, 403 Black Bear Drive, Grayling, MI 49738
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70 Degree Website Up and Running
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Take The
70
Degree Pledge
When
the morning temperature at Mio Dam is 70 degrees or
more then I will not fish for trout on that stretch
of the Au Sable River, Mio to Alcona Pond. If I
choose to fish that day, it will be on other streams
with cooler water, further downstream for warm water
fish such as smallmouth bass, or on the many lakes
in the area. If I catch a trout I will let it go
immediately. When the temperatures fall below 70
degrees at Mio Dam I may consider fishing the
stretch again, but will do it early in the morning,
at twilight, and at night. I will use a thermometer
to fish runs with cooler water so the trout have a
better chance at surviving catch and release. I
recognize that this is a necessary practice during
the hottest part of the summer, late June through
mid August, and I am helping the fishery when I do
it.
HERO OF THE WEEK!
Jim
Schrot of the Michigan Fly Fishing Club has been
helping us gather members and spreading the word
about our work. We are very grateful to him.
THANK YOU!
Just a click away...
There are plenty of
conservations problems to solve on the Au Sable and
through the state. Learn about them on our
Issues
page. We are also providing archival info on
the following issues: Mio Regs, Mason Tract,
Kolke Creek, Water Withdrawal, Axiom, Sulfide
Mining, Hydro and much, much more in the near
future!!!
Check out the latest from Huron Pines,
The Sierra
Club, and much more
on our News page.
Set up your schedule by looking at our
Calendar of
events
You never know what will be the
hot spot or hot fly
on our
Fishing Report
Learn more about the next cleanup at our
Clean Update
See pictures of our latest work
projects on the
Git Er Dun Page
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