Fisheries Workshops Lake Michigan: Ludington

Lake Michigan: Ludington
April 13, 2026, 6-8 p.m. ET
West Shore Community College, 3000 N. Stiles Rd. Scottville, MI 49454
(In-person and online via Zoom)
Registration

Spring fishery workshops offer current research and information related to the status of the Great Lakes fishery.

Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University Extension, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division, USGS Great Lakes Science Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and local fishery organizations annually offer evening regional workshops to provide valuable information for anglers, charter captains, resource professionals, and interested community members.

Workshops include information and status updates on topics such as fish populations and angler catch data, forage or prey fish surveys, offshore fisheries and open water fisheries, as well as updates on fisheries management activities, citizen science opportunities for anglers, and a variety of other topics of interest based on specific regions.

Agenda

5:30 pm
Refreshments and Registration

6:00 pm
Welcome and Sea Grant Update: Dan O’Keefe – Southwest District Extension Educator, Michigan Sea Grant

6:10 pm
Fishing License Fee Proposals and the Michigan Anglers Consortium: Capt. Mark Williams, Silver Addiction Charters

6:30 pm
Fishery-Independent Data on Chinook Salmon from the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant: Jake Downey, Student, University of Michigan

6:50 pm
Lake Michigan Predator-Prey Ratio: Chinook Salmon and Alewife Dynamics: Ben Turschak – Fisheries Research Biologist Specialist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

7:10 pm
DNR Management Updates: Jay Wesley – Lake Michigan Basin Coordinator, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

7:30 pm
Invasive Mussels in the Great Lakes: Status, Impacts, and the Long Road to Control: Ashley Elgin – Research Ecologist, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA

8:00 pm
Adjourn