| There are lakes you can fish on and then there is | | | | work together to restore and improve conditions. |
| Lake Huron. Lake Huron fishing is some of the best in | | | | Today, Lake Huron is home not only to reviving natural |
| both the states and the world. | | | | species, but also many imported species as well. The |
| Here are some facts on Lake Huron. It is the 2nd | | | | Chinook salmon that is famous for its heroic journey |
| largest of the Great Lakes of North America. This | | | | up the rivers of the Northwest to their spawning |
| makes it the 3rd largest fresh water lake in the world. | | | | grounds is one example. |
| It spans 23,010 square miles, which makes it about the | | | | There has been an active stocking program in Lake |
| size of West Virginia. There are 3,827 miles of | | | | Huron for several years now. Chinook salmon are |
| shoreline. The length of the lake is 206 miles and it is | | | | released into the lake after been raised in hatcheries. |
| 183 miles wide. The average depth is 195 feet and the | | | | The fish thrives in the lake although they have not |
| maximum depth is 750 feet. Like the other Great | | | | been able to reproduce as they have not been able to |
| Lakes, melting glacial ice formed it. | | | | adapt their genetic spawning urge to Michigan and |
| Now, that is all very interesting, but the real question | | | | Canadian rivers. They still live for an average of over |
| that occurs to most of us when we think about a | | | | five years and grow to full adult size in the Lake. |
| really big lake is does it have really big fish? The | | | | Charter boats are available on both the American and |
| answer is a resounding yes. Lake Huron Fishing is | | | | Canadian sides of the Lake. The boats often |
| thriving again, but it has been a long hard environmental | | | | specialize in finding the salmon. Although this is a true |
| fight. When the first European explorers first | | | | fishing experience, it is only one that is possible in Lake |
| wandered to its shores and named it after the local | | | | Huron. There are also large numbers of bass, walleye, |
| Indians, the lake was clean and teeming with native | | | | pike, and musky to be found. Lake Huron fishing has |
| species of fish. As civilization spread along its shores, | | | | been brought back from a critical point and is rapidly |
| so did pollution. | | | | returning to its glory days. It is the responsibility of our |
| The history of Lake Huron as a fishery has been a | | | | society to not only protect our natural resources for |
| horror story of the effects of pollution and the | | | | our use, but to insure that they will be there for our |
| mismanagement of our natural resources. It has also | | | | grandchildren also. The successful stocking and fishery |
| been an encouraging tale of what can be | | | | management programs in Lake Huron show what can |
| accomplished when sportsmen and environmentalists | | | | be done. |