![]() ![]() The goal of the season - with the set number of sturgeon that can be harvested - is to keep the species from being overfished. ![]() In some years, the season is opened and closed in a matter of minutes once the harvest limit is reached. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources sets the harvest limit and once that limit has been met, or it is the end of the fourth day, the fishing season is closed. So, what we are doing is very important."Įvery year, the lake sturgeon season opens the first weekend in February on Black Lake, which is in both Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties. opener and registered it, those anglers would have 'stolen' 33.34% of the total take from the legal anglers before the season started. "To put this in context, if the two anglers had successfully caught a sturgeon before the 8 a.m. Mark DePew, area law supervisor for Otsego and Cheboygan counties with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Gaylord Operations. "The anglers' two unattended lines could have been devastating to the anglers who followed the rules," said Sgt. The undercover patrols found two fishing lines in the water. Prior to the season opening at 8 a.m., the Michigan Department of Natural Resources had patrolled the lake in the early morning hours, looking for unattended lines. At that point, all 565 fishermen on the lake received a text message that the season was closed. 5, with the first fish being harvested shortly thereafter and the sixth at 8:36 a.m. The fishing season officially opened at 8 a.m. "We have a good time, we enjoy it and we laugh about how fast it is." ![]() It was beautiful weather, it was cold, but at least it wasn't windy or storming," said Cheboygan County Recycling Coordinator and Walker Township Supervisor Dan O'Henley, who has been fishing for sturgeon for the last 30 years. BLACK LAKE - In less than an hour, the 2022 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season was over, with the final fish being pulled from the lake at 8:36 a.m. ![]()
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