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Love the family and fish pics. I appreciate your hard word that is always needed to maintain this site.

Sounds like the change is needed. If there is anyway I can help let me know. A fresh coat of paint may give the site a needed lift and a different feel. I hope everyone here had a nice Thanksgiving.

Ed, GJ on the steel. Too bad about the slime in the cooling intake.

GJ on the Fall steel.

I think we can all do what we want as individuals but it's not going to make any impact at all. The same thing played out on Huron a few years back. From what I gathered our area is probably the extreme Northern area where Alewives will even survive. I think a couple of back to back extremely cold Winters played into this sensitive equation. The Great Lakes have changed tremendously with evasive species like the zebra's etc. The zebras cleared the water to the point where it hurt not only the alewives but all bait fish and even the treasured lake perch. We're dealing with a whole new ecosystem and it will be what it will be. Herring, a native species to the GLs was reintroduced in some areas with mixed results. The herring fry eat the same things that the rest of the bait fish do. The problem is very complicated and there are no easy fixes. Bottom Line: As sportsman we can concentrate on the fish that remain and be good stewards of all our natural resources.