walleye season

[walleyefishingrocks]

Took a look at the new fishing guide on the dnr website. It said walleye season was closed from march 15th to april 29th. I thought walleye season opened up last year on the 15th of april, am I wrong on this or did they set the date back two weeks, I could of swore we were on the detroit river last year around the 22nd of april. anybody have any info
I just read on a different website, it said that walleye fishing was open year round on the detroit river, that's not true is it.

[East Shore Jon]

always been the last saturday in april, whichever day that falls on.

[Raf]

yes, walleye fishing is open all year on the detroit river http://www.michigan.gov/documents/2006WalleyeRegs_150010_7.pdf
edit:not sure about the canadian side but the michigan side is open all year

[B TIRPAK]

The Canadian side of the Detroit River is also open to walleye fishing year round. The only difference is in Canada there is no size limit and a 6 fish limit as compared to our 5 fish and 15" minimum size limit.


B. Tirpak

[PWood]

Walleye fishing is closed on Michigan Lower Peninsula inland lakes and streams from March 15 to the last Saturday in April.

It's open year round on Michigan Great Lakes waters (including Erie since the April/May closure was rescinded starting in 2006), Lake St. Clair, and the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers.

[icedperch]

Great lakes and connected? Does this include the drowned river mouths on the west side (Holland, Muskegon...).

I don't think so, but...

[Raf]

that sucks, i didnt know canada's regs before. that would be cool if the mdnr and canadas dnr worked together.

[jstfish48162]

:nono: doubt that will ever happen

[alex-v]

Great lakes and connected? Does this include the drowned river mouths on the west side (Holland, Muskegon...).
Connected like the St. Clair River connected to Lake St. Clair connected to the Detroit River; all of them connecting the Great Lakes. The drowned river mouths are tributaries. They might be included for about a hundred yards upstream but usually no further.

If Terry would come back I am sure he knows more about the tributary limits.

[hoffie1]

. They might be included for about a hundred yards upstream but usually no further.

I Believe you can not fish inside point to point at the mouth of a river or inside the natural shore line of the great lakes,detroit or st.clair.This was talked about in the law forums a while back.

[PWood]

Great lakes and connected? Does this include the drowned river mouths on the west side (Holland, Muskegon...).

I don't think so, but...

Drowned river mouths are considered inland waters. Sorry.

[fire-tiger]

As an example, at the mouth of the Ausable you can legally take walleye from the pier heads all the way upstream to where the seawalls and boulders end. That would be maybe 150yds from the end of the piers. It is basically in line with the beach from north to south.

Please someone let me know if I am wrong.

[tkpolasek]

Yes you are correct about the shoreline. Just imagine if the piers were gone. You can legally fish from the shoreline out.

Tim

[Westlakedrive]

I always thought that the drowned river mouths were defined by the pierheads not the shoreline. Shows you what I know.
Seems like this would leave the channel pretty vulnerable.
Also because the shoreline is so irregular and the pier heads are a much more defined area.
I dont think I would push it though.