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May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sep. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
Jan. |
Feb. |
March |
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Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass |
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Catch-and-immediate-release on all waters |
Open for Entire Year |
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Catch-and-keep on all waters, including Great Lakes |
May 23 – December 31 |
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Catch-and-keep on Lake St. Clair |
June 20 - December 31 |
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Muskellunge |
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Catch-and-immediate-release on all waters |
Open for Entire Year |
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All Great Lakes & inland waters & St. Marys River |
June 6 - March 15 |
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Lake St. Clair & St. Clair & Detroit Rivers |
June 6 - December 31 |
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Northern Pike & Walleye |
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Lower Peninsula Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair |
Open for Entire Year |
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Lower Peninsula inland waters |
April 25 – March 15 |
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Upper Peninsula Great Lakes, inland waters |
May 15 – March 15 |
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Salmon & Trout |
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Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, St. Marys River, |
Open for Entire Year (See Great Lakes Lake Trout & Splake row below as well) |
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(Inland) Type 3 & 4 streams and Type B, C, E & F lakes |
Open for Entire Year |
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(Inland) Type 1 & 2 streams |
April 25 – Sept. 30 |
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(Inland) Type A & D lakes | April 25 – Oct. 31 | |||||||||||
Gear Restricted streams |
See pages 40-42 of the 2020 Fishing Guide |
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Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Cisco (Lake Herring), Lake Whitefish, Smelt, Sunfishes, White Bass, Yellow Perch & Other Species |
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All waters open for fishing |
Open for Entire Year |
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Great Lakes Lake Trout & Splake – see map and table 4 on pages 20-21 of the 2020 Fishing Guide |
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Lake Sturgeon - see table 2 on page 15 of the 2020 Fishing Guide |