
Fisheries Workshops
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.
2025 Workshops
Lake Huron: Open Water
April 8, 2025
Alpena, NOAA TBNMS Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center
(In-person and online via Zoom)
Details and registration
Lake Erie/Lake St. Clair
April 9, 2025
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
(In-person and online via Zoom)
Details and registration
Lake Michigan: Ludington
April 14, 2025
(In-person and online via Zoom)
Details and registration (TBA)
Lake Michigan: South Haven
April 17, 2025
Location TBA
(In-person only)
Details (TBA)
Lake Huron: Saginaw Bay
April 22, 2025
Standish, Saganing Tribal Center
(In-person and online via Zoom)
Details and registration (TBA)
Lake Huron: Cedarville
April 29, 2025
Cedarville, Clark Twp Community Center
(In-person and online via Zoom)
Details and registration (TBA)
Statewide
May 2025, Date TBA
(Zoom only)
Details and registration
2024 Workshop Videos
Lake Michigan and Huron Fishery Workshop, Mass Marking Study
Matt Kornis, USFWS
Lake Michigan and Huron Fishery Workshop Sea Lamprey
Shawn Nowicki
Lake Michigan and Huron Fishery Workshop, MDNR Management Updates
Randy Claramunt
Lake Michigan and Huron Fishery Workshop Predator Prey Diet Study Update
Matt Kornis
Saginaw Bay Watershed Fishing Regulations Survey
Todd Wills, MDNR
Southeast Michigan Fishery Workshop Detroit River Fish Community
Kristen Towne, USFWS
Southern Lake Michigan South Haven Fishery Workshop
Ashley Elgin
Saginaw Bay Watershed Fishing Regulations Survey
Todd Wills, MDNR
Ludington Fishery Workshop 2024 USGS Prey Fish Monitoring
Ralph Tingley, USGS
Ludington Fishery Workshop 2024 – New Insights on Larval Fish Production
Paris Collingsworth, IL-IN Sea Grant
Ludington Fishery Workshop 2024, Lake Michigan Lower Food Web Changes
Paris Collingsworth, IL-IN Sea Grant
2024 Ludington Regional Fishery Workshop, Michigan Sea Grant update
Dan O’Keefe, Michigan Sea Grant
Find more workshop videos on Michigan Sea Grant’s Youtube playlist.
Resources
A number of resources and opportunities were mentioned throughout the workshops.
- The Life of the Lakes, Fourth Edition
- Huron-Michigan Diet Study Facebook
- Instructions for Huron-Michigan Diet Study, GL Angler Diary, and bait ball reporting
- Ciscoes of the Laurentian Great Lakes Monograph (PDF)
- Sea Grant Salmon and Trout Identification
- Saginaw Bay Coreyon Reef Restoration
- The Coreyon Reef Documentary
- Saginaw Bay Sturgeon Restoration
- Michigan Fishing Guide
- Michigan Department of Health Eat Safe Fish Guide