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Creel Estimates as Supplied by the DNR

This table gives you creel estimates for selected fish species from the Marquette area, 1987-2004 (note that no estimates are available for 1989 and 1994). These estimates show that Lake Trout catches for 2000 through 2004 are as high as they’ve ever been, especially considering that estimates of effort (angler hours) in 2000 and 2001 are only about two-thirds what they were in 1992 and 1993. Salmon catches have fluctuated, as might be expected for these species and due to variable stocking rates (especially limited stocking for Coho).

Likewise, commercial yield of lake Whitefish in the Marquette area has been quite consistent during the 1990s through 2001.

YEAR	CHINOOK SALMON	COHO SALMON	LAKE HERRING	LAKE TROUT	LAKE TROUT, SISCOWET	LAKE WHITEFISH	RAINBOW TROUT	ROUND WHITEFISH- MENOMINE	EFFORT (Angler Hours)	CATCH PER-HOUR (All Species)
1987	430	5,125	0	9,592	0	2,374	357	8,126	105,056	0.248
1988	431	5,584	0	5,221	0	1,166	204	0	58,206	0.217
1990	462	403	0	7,580	0	698	280	1,125	45,063	0.234
1991	761	9,007	0	9,756	0	767	331	1,628	74,450	0.299
1992	720	5,858	0	15,781	0	845	276	869	69,162	0.352
1993	589	2,457	1,249	14,179	107	538	260	965	63,935	0.318
1995	158	2,718	39	8,778	82	1,385	83	4,944	40,525	0.449
1996	878	1,558	251	11,734	315	290	203	3,772	47,875	0.397
1997	703	1,416	454	13,289	164	2,259	199	0	69,139	0.267
1998	131	1,351	210	10,256	269	1,868	150	0	52,150	0.273
1999	470	3,271	42	9,982	211	520	98	419	57,109	0.263
2000	327	1,273	25	14,211	182	1,226	199	776	55,739	0.327
2001	279	1,584	27	13,710	231	271	164	848	51,510	0.332
2002	203	2,021	39	13,403	197	880	77	247	50,597	0.337
2003	373	948	19	10,446	256	905	140	111	39,505	0.334
2004	274	1,796	13	8,512	365	740	146	398	36,121	0.339