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                                                                    Cont. from Page 85
                                                                    Smallmouth Population Update
                                                                    orated on a grant to expand this work into 2024.
                                                                         Finally, Mooneye are a very cool but elusive fish on
                                                                    Lake St. Clair, with almost nothing known about their
                                                                    distribution or movement in the lake.  In spring of 2023
                                                                    we tagged a small number of these fish in the Thames
                                                                    River, Ontario side of the lake to start to learn more
                                                                    about  them.    We
                                                                    hope  to repeat this           MOONEYE
                                                                    effort in 2024.
                                                                              Collectively,
                                                                    the  Lake  St.  Clair        Photo John Lyons
                                                                    receiver  grid  has
                                                                    provided  the  oppor-  Mooneye are Endangered in
                                                                    tunity  to  learn  more   Michigan as of 2023.  If you
                                                                    about  the  behaviors   catch one, please return
                                                                    of  a  wide  variety  of    it to the water safely.
                                                                    fish species in Lake St. Clair.  This information will pro-
                                                                    vide  fisheries  managers  with  the  information  needed
                                                                    to better understand and protect our resources while
                                                                                                         ensuring the
                                                                                                         continua -
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                                                                                                         class  fishing
                                                                                                         opportuni-
                                                                                                         ties on Lake
                                                                                                         St. Clair.










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                                                                    “Boat Town” Harrison Township’s
                                                                    Clinton River






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