Micro-tagged Head Reward Winners

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Congratulations to the 33 winners of the Great Lakes Salmon Initiative’s 2020 tagged head reward program. These anglers turned in micro-tagged heads from Chinook Salmon, Steelhead and Atlantic Salmon caught in the Great Lakes, its piers, and tributaries. The winners were selected from a random drawing of all anglers who turned in micro-tagged heads. All winners will receive either a Moonshine Lure package or a Captain Chucks II gift card each valued at $100. We want to thank our sponsors, Moonshine Lures, Captain Chucks II and the GLSI membership who made this reward program possible. We also want to thank the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for their help in administering the program. Special thanks goes to all anglers who tuned in micro-tagged heads in the past year. The GLSI created this program to provide more data for our fisheries managers to help make the best decisions in managing our Great Lakes salmon and trout fisheries. Turning in tagged heads helps to evaluate the success of stocking programs and supports other research. There was an increase in returned tagged heads from past years in 2020. The data provided from anglers was very valuable since there were less DNR creel clerks working to collect tagged heads due to the pandemic. More information on micro-tagged heads and this reward program can be found at these links: https://www.michigan.gov/.../0,4570,7-350-79119_79146... https://www.mlive.com/.../turning-in-tagged-fish-in... To help support citizen science and our mission to maintain our world class salmon fishery on the Great Lakes, join the GLSI here: https://www.glsalmon.org Here are the winners and the type of fish they turned in. Their prizes are being mailed to them next week. Jeffrey Tloczynski Spring Lake MI Skamania Steelhead Jake Krueger Saginaw MI Steelhead Stanley J Czarnik Twinning MI Chinook Salmon John B Angell Manistique MI Skamania Steelhead James M Scherzer Oscoda MI Atlantic Salmon Bob Maier Spring Lake MI Skamania Steelhead Tom Jacobs Beaverton MI Atlantic Salmon Theodore Jaskowski Jr Alpena MI Atlantic Salmon Ronald Haas Bay City MO Atlantic Salmon Ben L McNeice Yale MI Chinook Salmon Zachary J Page Gowen MI Steelhead Nik Shenk Sebaweing MI Atlantic Salmon Mike Gildersleeve Alger MI Chinook Salmon Roger Callens Oscoda MI Atlantic Salmon Mike J Yambrick Stanford MI Chinook Salmon Nicholas Arend Traverse City MI Skamania Steelhead Dan Tallman Cheboygan MI Chinook Salmon David Rodenhouse Rockford MI Rainbow Trout Chris A Huff Grandville MI Skamania Steelhead Stacy Pope Manchester MI Atlantic Salmon Brandon Hudgins Jackson MI Chinook Salmon James Chamberlin Mancelona MI Atlantic Salmon Jonathon Wieczorkowski Presque Isle MI Chinook Salmon Shane Paige Hale MI Chinook Salmon Domonic Sharp Cheboygan MI Chinook Salmon Cameron L Mattison Farmington Hills Atlantic Salmon Donald A Bragg Boyne Falls MI Chinook Salmon Tyler L Protasiewicz Manistee MI Steelhead Edward C Krebs Greenbush MI Atlantic Salmon Kegan V Augustine Freeland MI Chinook Salmon Codie Braun Gaylord MI Chinook Salmon Randall L Terrian Saginaw MI Atlantic Salmon Josh Kretchman Hale MI Steelhead