Yesterday I shared how we set our fyke nets on #LakeStClair, and here is how we lift them! . #GreatLakesSci #Fish #Fishing

A couple of weeks ago we finished our portion of a lake-wide nearshore #fish community survey on #LakeStClair. Here is a video of how we set a fyke net used during the survey. #GreatLakesSci

A Gar-iffic conclusion to our collaborative fyke net survey on #LakeStClair!. #Gar #LongnoseGar #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci #fish

Our fyke net survey continued on #LakeStClair today! Can you name the species that appear in this photo?. #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci

Map Turtles have been abundant bycatch thus far during our collaborative lake-wide fyke net survey on #LakeStClair!. #turtles #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci

Lots of #fish caught today during the fyke net survey on #LakeStClair! Age-0 Largemouth and Smallmouth #Bass were the most common species on the day. #GreatLakesSci #GreatLakes

We started our portion of the collaborative lake-wide fyke net survey on #LakeStClair today! We (@MDNR_Fisheries) team up with @ONresources and @USFWSFisheries to survey around the entire lake. #GreatLakesSci #GreatLakes

First day of tending acoustic #telemetry receivers on #LakeStClair via #scuba diving for 2025!. #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci #GLATOS #ScubaDiving

Another #MudpuppyMonday??? . How it feels when the prison gates of a minnow trap won’t open up for you…. #Mudpuppy #Nickleback #SavinMe #Michigan

Anyone up for some #MudpuppyMonday? . We caught this guy in a minnow trap during our recent survey work in the St. Clair River. #Mudpuppy #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci #Disturbed #DownWithTheSickness

That’s a wrap on our annual #LakeSturgeon survey in the St. Clair River! We ended the survey with 83 total #sturgeon caught and released, with the big fish of the survey weighing in at 100 lbs. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci

Another day of our #LakeSturgeon survey on the St. Clair River and another camera crew on the boat! 🎥 This time we had @MIOutofDoors out and we were able to get several #sturgeon on film!. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #GreatLakesSci

11 more #sturgeon caught today during our survey in the #StClairRiver! Highlight was this fish that has a distinctive black “V” on its head. We last caught this fish in 2019 (1st photo) and the V is still obvious today (2nd photo)!. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #LakeSturgeon

Another productive day for the #LakeSturgeon survey on the #StClairRiver! 11 total sturgeon with 8 being juveniles and 6 being recaptures. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #GreatLakesSci #Sturgeon

It was a setline set day for our final week of our #LakeSturgeon survey in the #StClairRiver!. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #Sturgeon #TomBrady #MondayMotivation #GreatLakesSci

Another successful Blue Water #Sturgeon Festival is in the books! . #LakeSturgeon #PureMichigan #PortHuron #GreatLakes

Today we had @riversarelife out filming with us during our #LakeSturgeon survey on the #StClairRiver! We caught two juvenile #sturgeon that will be in the touch tank at the Blue Water Sturgeon Festival tomorrow before being released back into the river. #SturgeonSetlineDiary

Five more #LakeSturgeon caught and released today during our #sturgeon survey on the #StClairRiver. Pictured is our big fish of the day, measuring in at 69 inches long and 94 pounds. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #GreatLakesSci

It was a slow #sturgeon day for our survey in the #StClairRiver, with only 3 juveniles (all fish we hadn’t tagged before). We also caught a couple #NorthernMadtom in the minnow traps we attach to our setlines (one pictured). #SturgeonSetlineDiary #LakeSturgeon #GreatLakesSci

We caught 9 more #LakeSturgeon today as part of our #sturgeon survey in the #StClairRiver! 4 of the fish were recaptures and 6 were juveniles. Big fish of the day was 63.7 inches and 79 lbs. #SturgeonSetlineDiary #GreatLakesSci