It’s a
good day for muskie anglers when natural resource managers from Ontario,
Michigan and Ohio all come together to make the fishery better. Combine that
with the involvement of volunteers from both Muskies Canada and Muskies, Inc.,
and now financial support from Shimano’s Canada operations, and targeting these
big fish on Lake St. Clair has a positive outlook.
During ‘Muskie Sunday’ events at the
just completed Spring Fishing & Boat Show, Canada’s largest outdoor show at
The International Center in Mississauga, Ont., Shimano added to the day with a
$1,000 donation to support the Lake St. Clair muskellunge tracking project. “We
wanted to step up after seeing how the DNR fishery experts in both Michigan and
Ohio, and our Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry have teamed up on this
project,” said Bob Mahoney with Shimano’s Canada operations. “And we applaud
the joint efforts of the Muskies Canada and Muskies, Inc. organizations for
their assistance.
The donation will go to the purchase
of additional acoustic radio tags that are implanted in caught-and-released
muskies out of Lake St. Clair. The project provides the ability for donors to
name a tagged muskie, and follow its travels at any time - similar to shark
tagging programs. More than 50 muskies currently swim in Lake St. Clair, where
their movements are tracked by using underwater receivers of the Great Lakes
Acoustic Telemetry Observation System.
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