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http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Fisherman_admits_poaching_sturgeon Fisherman admits poaching sturgeon Man faces poaching charges Updated: Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009, 11:34 AM EDT Published : Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009, 11:34 AM EDT Henry Erb GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - A Grand Rapids man has apparently confessed to catching and keeping a protected sturgeon which he caught near the 6th Street Dam on May 17 despite cries of protest from onlookers. Some of them snapped his picture with the big fish and the DNR went to the media with the story in an effort to catch him. The DNR said the man turned himself in after seeing media reports. Poaching a lake sturgeon could bring up to 180 days in jail along with thousands in fines and costs. The DNR may also charge the 30-year-old man's father. The elder man helped him load and drive the fish away. The fish are rare and protected except in a few Michigan locations. They can live to be 100-years-old, but are slow to reproduce, making the loss of just one fish fairly significant, according to the DNR. The man claims he eventually threw the dead sturgeon back in the river, according to the DNR, who won't identify the man until he is arraigned on the poaching charge July 9.

thanks everyone yeah its a blast fishing from it u can sneak right up on them and now with the fish finder its just like fishing from a boat but getting a workout as well

well after i got the fish finder installed i went out to see how well it would work... and you deside you will notice there is 40 gills in the pics... after seeing this we could not stand for not having a solid 2 man limt so we went back out ( which was a bad choice) got out 10 more but broke my 7' brand new UL so no pics wasn;t in the greatest mood

can someone explain some how to for drifting walleyes?

ok guys here we go this is what my boat looked like before but blue now here are the pics of what i did feel free to ask any questions (used a universal RAM mount for this so i can add a bracket for my handheld GPS) green thing is 2 "foam" blocks cut out and glued to the bottom for my vexlair batt ps its dirty from all the fishen i do! lol

x raps, spinner baits have taken a few over the last week, took 2 on a river using a reef runner

thanks for the great trip jim and glad we could help put you on the money

lol i would think it would make more problems then anything

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/06/peta_proposes_to_take_control.html GRAND HAVEN -- If PETA can't protect horses in Holland, the animal rights organization is going to try to hook the public on safeguarding fish in Grand Haven. The national group on Wednesday asked the National Park Service if it could take control of the iconic Grand Haven lighthouses, where it would serve faux fish sticks in a cafe there and inform people about the alleged torment fish endure when hooked or netted. Earlier this year, the park service declared the Grand Haven lights were available under the National Lighthouse Preservation Act, which allows the transfer of ownership to groups to preserve the beacons. A representative for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the light would serve as the national headquarters for its fish empathy project. The center would display a 300-square-foot quilt that pays tribute to the billions of fish needlessly killed for their flesh or abused by anglers, PETA said. The group also would open a cafe at the lighthouses serving faux fish sticks and other vegetarian dishes. And every visitor 12 and under will be given a free plush toy fish emblazoned with the tagline "Fish Are Friends, Not Food!" PETA has tried unsuccessfully to snare other lighthouses, which are available to federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit corporations and community development organizations.

go wings!

thanks everyone

no idea but i am always up for anything are you going to show me hows its done?

fished a small lake in grand rapids and caught these 2 pigs within 10 min. both came on a red shad senko

thanks for the ride mark the wife had a great time looking forword to the pics

wow great looking boat jim

thanks for the great time jim see ya next weekend!

thanks abdul

all fish were successfully released

Me and a buddy mark went out for some trout yesterday at a river in Rockford and found a nice little pod of steel under the 10 mile bridge so using our 4lb test and ultra lights ( i had a 7' and he had a 5 1/2 ') we ended up each getting a nice steel under the bridge and continue down stream. i end up getting 1 nice brown and a nice bow under a willow tree as well as hooking anther steel but mark feel in while trying to net it and landed on my line and broke me off. ended up getting 2 more big trout before the pump hole, ( now i am at 4 keeper trout BTW all where released) he gets a nice bow just down river and i end up getting 3 more before the oak street bridge. by this point we are like 2 for 5ish on the steel.... we fish down further and find the mother load of steel! must have been 30 fish on 3 diff beds and they were hitting EVERYTHING raps, egg sucking Leach's, spinners, ANYTHING. we fishing from 10am till almost 7 and we caught more then 50 trout and 15 or so steel.... could not take pics of everything but from what we did here are the pics.

wow great job

great job jim

they been getting them in allegan state game my buddy pulled 48 the other day and we had them with some walleye mmmmm