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HOW much BIGGER 1st place
$1,500
CAN YOU GET? 70 7/8”
Team 10

Suck My Wake

Fish #70 caught,
registered at 3:31am

September 19, 2020 awareness of this unique

will mark the 6th sturgeon population and the

annual North Chan- exciting angling opportuni-

nel Sturgeon Clas- ties it supports.

sic. The Clay Twp. While the Lake St. Clair

North Channel event is area sturgeon fishery is

hosted by the St. Clair-De- regarded as large and sta-

1400 HP troit River Sturgeon for To- ble, this tournament along
900 HP
morrow and Pearl Beach with the annual Blue Water

Lions Club. Clay Twp. is Sturgeon Festival in Port

Michigan's Sturgeon An- Huron, Saturday May 30,

gling Capital as proclaimed are held to further educate

by the state noting more the public so this prehistor-

sturgeon an- Lake Huron Lake Lake St. Clair Area
2,204 Superior Holds Majority of
Lake St. Clair, Sturgeon in Great
populations 1,833
estimated by
the MI Dept. Lakes Region
of Natural
Resources. Lake North Channel
Detroit River Michigan Middle Channel
St. Clair River
populations 6,214
estimated 15,882
by the U.S. Detroit River
Fish & 4,838

Wildlife 16% 51%
Service.

Data Source: Michigan’s Lake Sturgeon Rehabilitation
Strategy - Michigan Dept. Natural Resources July 2012

gling occurs in ic fish can remain sustain-

the North and able.

Middle Chan- Last year's 5th anniver-

600 HP nels than any- sary of the Sturgeon Clas-
where else in sic had 30 boats entered.

Michigan. 97 Sturgeon were caught

The 3-day during the 14 hour tour-

AND THE charity Festi- nament. Boundaries are

WINNER val/Catch & from the Russell Island

WAS... Release Ferry down to the western-
The Whopper at the To u r n a - most no wake buoy beyond
annual Algonac Li- ment is Decker’s Landing as you
ons Pickerel Festival enter into Lake St. Clair.
was caught by Jerry orga-
Maxwell with a whop- nized to Visit northchannel
ping 8.0# and 31" long foster sturgeonclassic.com
Pickerel (Walleye to Registration begins with
some). 2nd place Bruce the the opening of the 2020
grow- Sturgeon fishing season
ing

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