Steve Arend
04-25-2006, 10:00 AM
LINWOOD -- While salmon fishing has declined sharply in the open basin of Lake Huron, anglers in Saginaw Bay have seen walleye numbers rise dramatically.
So why would fishing go one way in the big bay off Lake Huron and the other way in the main basin? The answer to both questions seems to be the same -- the disappearance of alewives that once fed the salmon but preyed on baby walleyes.
Walleyes rise as alewives sink
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So why would fishing go one way in the big bay off Lake Huron and the other way in the main basin? The answer to both questions seems to be the same -- the disappearance of alewives that once fed the salmon but preyed on baby walleyes.
Walleyes rise as alewives sink
(http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/SPORTS10/604200534/-1/BUSINESS07)