It was quite a year for harvesting fish from Lake Michigan!
High Numbers For 2024 Lake Michigan Fish Harvest
Lake Michigan anglers enjoyed a stellar harvest of Chinook and coho salmon as well as steelhead in 2024.
A record number of coho salmon were harvested last year, with over 210,000 caught by anglers. In addition, anglers caught over 160,000 Chinook salmon, the most since 2012. Recent years’ classes of alewives increased the survival of these stocked fish.
View Lake Michigan fish harvest information for previous years.
We wish you a successful 2025 fishing season. It’s already off to a great start with anglers catching steelhead in tributaries to Lake Michigan and anglers targeting the early coho bite.
Learn more about Lake Michigan fishing on the DNR website. |
