Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Great Lakes fishing
has grown to become an enormous industry, with entire fleets de-
votedtoworkingthewell-stockedwaters.NotallthefishintheGreatLakesarenativespe-
cies,butnobodyseemstomind.Muchoftherestockingtookplaceinresponsetoearly-cen-
tury overfishing and the decline of fish stocks due to exotic species. In terms of fish taken
per angler hour, Kenosha, Racine, and the Kewaunee/Algoma stretch rate extremely high.
The entire Door Peninsula is also hugely popular. In all, the state Department of Natural
Resources stocks more than 2.1 million
coho
and
chinook salmon,
1 million
lake trout,
and 2 million brook,
brown,
and
steelhead trout.
(The bad news? Invasive species like the
zebra mussel suck up much of the food in the lake, leading average salmon weights, for ex-
