What was the biggest salmon ever caught in Lake Michigan?
By Daniel Moore
What was the biggest salmon ever caught in Lake Michigan?
Chinook salmon
Bobby Sullivan of Icebreaker Charters on Lake Michigan near Ludington early Saturday morning, Aug. 7, when he caught a Chinook salmon weighing in at 47.86 pounds and measuring 47.5 inches. “I never expected a catch like this would happen,” Martinez said. “It’s possible for anyone if I can do it!
What is the Michigan state record king salmon?
47.86-pound
Luis Martinez, 19, fought and landed the 47.86-pound, 47 1/2-inch record-breaker near Big Sable Point in northern Lake Michigan on Saturday. The catch unseated a 46.06-pound, 43 1/2-inch fish snagged in 1978, literally and legally, in Kent County’s Grand River.
What is the biggest perch ever caught in Michigan?
Jeremy Lorenz of Michigan now holds the state record for yellow perch after catching a two pound five ounce fish on Ocoee Number 3 in Polk County, on March 26. Photo by Eric Reed.
What’s the biggest salmon ever caught?
The Biggest Salmon in the World (According to IGFA) The world record was caught in the Kenai River in Alaska in 1985. This monster weighed in a 97 pounds and 4 ounces. This record has held for nearly 40 years and shows no sign of giving up its place on the leaderboard.
What is Michigan State record for king salmon?
47.86 pounds
As daylight broke over the eastern shoreline of Lake Michigan on Saturday, Captain Bobby Sullivan netted a huge Chinook salmon for his client, Luis Hernandez Martinez. A few hours later, the fish was certified as the new state-record king; officially weighing in at 47.86 pounds.
What’s the biggest salmon caught in Michigan?
Where can I find jumbo perch in Michigan?
But it takes a certain kind of lake or body of water to produce reliable numbers of jumbo yellowbellies. Generally, larger inland lakes in the northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, along with the Great Lakes bays, produce the most consistent catches of perch during the winter.
What is the state record king salmon in Michigan?
Are whales in Lake Superior?
Every year there are reports of whales in Lake Superior. The reports are sightings sent by residents and visitors along the north shore of Lake Superior. In fact, humpback whales enjoy warm water, so Lake Superior isn’t necessarily ideal for that particular species.
