[InfamouzFisherman]

WHAT ARE ALL THE FISH IN LAKE MICHIGAN?

 

[toothdoc]

Wet. :lol:

Do you mean what species?

 

[InfamouzFisherman]

YEAH LOL I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE CATS IN THERE

 

[toothdoc]

Yes, there are. There are probably most species of fresh water fish in there.

 

[twoglasseyes]

And a few species that we dont even know exist :shock:

 

[rootpro6]

wow. U should know this bro

 

[InfamouzFisherman]

i never see anyone pull up catfish thats y i ask

 

[fishinnut28]

ive caught catfish out of their on corn. Going for carp.

 

[Boarder Collie]

I was on a salmon charter, trolling spoons, when one of the guys pulled in a channel catfish.

 

[spiroh]

i never see anyone pull up catfish thats y i ask

I've caught channels and bullheads from LM before.

From Wiki:

Lake Michigan is home to a variety of species of fish and other organisms. It was originally home to lake trout, yellow perch, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, carp, bowfin, as well as some species of catfish. In recent years overfishing has caused a decline in lake trout which ultimately caused an increase in the alewife population. As a result, coho and chinook salmon were introduced as a predator of alewives to decrease the alewife population. Lake Michigan is now being stocked with several species of fish. However, several invader species introduced, such as lampreys, threaten the vitality of fish populations.

 

[Legend075]

gobies

 

[FishinMatt]

I have a poster in my house that lists all the fish native to the Great Lakes. You would be hard pressed to find a freshwater fish that is not in Lake Michigan.

 

[spiroh]

I have a poster in my house that lists all the fish native to the Great Lakes. You would be hard pressed to find a freshwater fish that is not in Lake Michigan.

Peacock Bass!! :lol:

 

[InfamouzFisherman]

i have a question

where would be better to try for cats diversey or belmont?

Use sweet Corn?

Anything else?

 

[FishinMatt]

I have a poster in my house that lists all the fish native to the Great Lakes. You would be hard pressed to find a freshwater fish that is not in Lake Michigan.

Peacock Bass!! :lol:

I should of phrased that better

 

[phil]

Sure...they're in there. But, I don't think that there are enough for someone to specifically target them. I've seen them swimming around at Montrose when I was fishing for perch...smaller ones though. The thing is that if you do target catfish, you will most likely end up with gobies or maybe carp. There are better places to target catfish other than Lake Michigan IMHO.

 

[InfamouzFisherman]

Thanks phil.

We'll be at Belmont or Diversey

yeaah i know but any fish over a pound will make my girlfriend happy. I'm taking her to Lake michigan cause she likes catfish in there and i know if there aint any cats hopefully a carp will bite? any suggestions?