The Department of Natural Resources has begun its annual spring survey on Lake St. Clair’s Anchor Bay and needs boaters and anglers to be aware of the locations of nets used for the survey.
The survey, conducted by the DNR’s Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station, started April 27 and will run through May 19. The primary purpose of the survey is to assess the status of recreationally important fish populations in the lake.
Trap nets will be used for this survey, located along a 10-foot contour, between the Clinton River and New Baltimore. Each of the nets will be marked with at least two floating flags and nine smaller buoys. The nets are approximately 650 feet long. Boaters and anglers are asked to watch out for these markers and to avoid boating or fishing near them. The approximate coordinates of the individual trap nets to be used in the survey are:
During this survey, smallmouth bass captured in the nets will be jaw-tagged and released to support ongoing research into the Anchor Bay bass fishery. Anglers who catch a tagged fish are asked to report it to the DNR. Anglers can report the catch of a tagged fish online at michigandnr.com/taggedfish.
Additional information and results of previous Lake St. Clair DNR fisheries surveys are available online.
