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the  East  Branch  of  down as the Detroit River!         RESORT destina

                                                            the  Augres  River.  HOW  LIKELY ARE YOU  TO  CATCH
                                                            This  fall  “all  fall  fin-  A SALMON?     These salmon begin
                                                            gerling  sites”  will  be  their travel toward Lake St. Clair area
                                                            stocked  with  a  total  in the spring / early summer to find food
                                                            of 375,000 fingerling  and will return to their home base Oc-  tion - HARSEN’S ISLAND
                                                            Coho.   This  number  tober-December to attempt to spawn.
                                                            of Coho stocked  The St. Clair Flats have shown to be
                                                            to  the  Lake Huron  an excellent early summer home until
        Beach were both stocked in spring of                system  could  reflect  water temperatures approach 62-65 F.
        2021).                               some numbers of Coho feeding along-       As Salmon experts investigate the
             Through the success of this pro-  side of Atlantic Salmon through the St.  stomach  contents  Cont. to Page 79
        gram,  all  four  of  these  sites  will  be  Clair River system into our area around   Steve from
        stocked with 50,000 Coho every year  Lake St. Clair during spring of 2025.     MD in May
        beginning spring of 2024.  Also 4 fall            Presently,  through  angler  report-  with a
        fingerling  Coho  stocking  sites  have  ing, the Coho fishing from Lexington to   5# 4 oz.
        been designated.  These sites include  Port Huron last season was phenome-
        Harrisville, Grindstone, Port Hope, and  nal and Coho had been caught as far


















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