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1st Salmon Planting |
Michigan's 1966 Bear Creek and the Platte river |
2 |
Howard Tanner
Wayne Tody MDNR |
Solution to cure Alewife problem |
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U2-Flatfish |
1967 first big time salmon lure, rented for 10
bucks a day in Manistee back then |
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1st jack Coho run |
fall 1966 |
5 |
Tragic Storm claims 11 |
September 1967 8 in Frankfort, 3 off Manistee |
6 |
Luhr Jensen Sr. |
1968 met w/John Spolmer buyer from Detroit Based JL
Hudson in Manistee. |
7 |
Walt Gauthier |
1970 lead core. Owned Fisherman's Center in
Manistee, MI |
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1st downriggers |
1969 Portage manuals and Plath electrics |
9 |
Chuck Cartwright |
fleet accepted Silver plated and mag spoons |
10 |
Capt. Dick Swan |
Introduced long rods, light line, boat name, "
light liner" |
11 |
Jerry Bechhold |
Verticle finned plastic flasher |
12 |
Jack....? |
1st fish shaped plastic flasher, the Orca circa
later 1980s |
13 |
Larry Crosby |
Traverse Bay Tackle and designer the bucktail
Alee fly big in the later 70s. |
14 |
Dennis Ende |
Created the Northport Nailer, marketing wizard
...spoon marketing is based on now. |
15 |
Capt. Mel Wantz |
10' Wire deep-6 rods, 1988 I transposed
these to dipseys spring of 1989 at PA |
16 |
Capt. Bud Raskey |
Known for sewn minnows best. Hall of fame
member. Pro guide & charter Capt.. |
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Diver Rods |
Commercially came into being around 1986 |
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Monel wire |
Mooching/pumping Laker technique 1968, used dating back in the
1930s for LTs. Alcor Rods |
19 |
George Richey |
Later 60's river guide and Mylar flies in 1977 |
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Manistee Wobbler |
1968 First Salmon spoons Luhr Jensen |
21 |
Jack Crawford |
1982? Surface Steelhead fishery |
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BKD Crash |
1988 |
23 |
Mort Neff |
TV outdoor show host in the 1960s and 70s.
Brought salmon fishing into our homes. |
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J-Plugs |
On Lk. Huron 1st. Lk. MI debut-Buzz Ramsey
aboard the Troller in Manistee 1975 |
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Dodgers |
1968 |
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Sliders |
Fixed and free around 1980-82 |
27 |
Roger Bogner DW Lures |
Michigan's master tackle marketer. None
better at developing and marketing |
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Steelheaders Clubs |
first formed around 1976 |
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1985 & 2005 |
Most/best productive years for Kings |
30 |
Charter boat fleet |
Grew to 1100 boats in the mid-80s. |
31 |
Loran C |
took off in the mid-1980s |
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GPS-plotter |
Early 1990s foothold, standard issue nowadays |
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Internet |
1996, took off in 1999. |
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Dipsys |
later 1980s, prior diver of choice was a Deep-6 |
35 |
Lead core II |
reemergence late 1980s, reel-popular again by the
mid-1990s. |
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Meat Fishing |
Exploded and well on it's way by 2004 for Lk. MI
anglers |
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Zebra Mussels |
I first seen them on Lk. Erie in 1985 |
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Quagga Mussels |
Took over in the i2ks. Colonizer deeper and
recent est. was 10 trillion in Lk. MI |
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Super Braid Lines |
1990 Kevlar and Spectra. Fleet standard by
1992. |
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Copper Line |
Gained wide spread fleet popularity around 2005 |
41 |
Deep Kings |
Kings were targeted at and below 150'-250' depths
by 2005. |
42 |
Capt. Pete Ruboyianes |
MI tournament legend |
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Capt. Emil Dean |
Best known for heated boat river Steelhead
fishing. Lots of TV & press 1980s & 1990s. |
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Gill Netting |
1977-1984 Lk. Trout were wiped out by the
UP tribes that came to Lk. MI. |
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5 Salmon Limits |
2009 Restored to MI anglers after the cut to 3 in
1990. |
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Tempo Tech Scandal |
Dirty dealings with the MDNR fish harvesting
contract (late 1980s?) prison time involved |
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2000 |
Decree agreement-tribal net Fishing returns to
Manistee ...2007 big time with 21 trap nets |
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2010 |
Commercial netting operations off Manistee ceases
after the tribal money grab. |
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Lk. Huron |
King Salmon ceased to be a viable fishery in 2002
spring is OK and N end still has fish |
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Clean Water Act |
1969 banned high phosphate detergents.
Many sewage treatment plants built |
51 |
Drop weights? |
Early 1970s? |
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Lk. Ontario Mirex scare |
looking for date, made it illegal to dispose of
fish on land ---industrial pollution |
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Lk. St. Clair Mercury |
issues in the late 1960s with mercury content in
fish ---industrial pollution |
54 |
Lk. Erie Walleyes |
Early mid 1970s population rebound.
Excellent fishery by early 1980s |
55 |
Saginaw Bay Walleyes |
This fishery became world class by the late
1980s. |
56 |
Planer Boards |
1976 widespread use by late 1970s and fleet
standard in the 1980s |
57 |
Inline planer boards |
Introduced later 1970s, usage boomed in the 1980s |
58 |
Temp Probes |
1980 Fish Hawk 1st attempt. Much improved model
came out in 1985 |
59 |
Dick Boyajian-source |
Luhr Jensen rep, retired charter skipper,
canvas-upholstery man extraordinaire WWII vet |
60 |
Pro-combinator |
1985 down temp/speed system when they worked, but
a lot of grief when they didn't |
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BC Plankton |
Later 1980 Lk. MI |
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Fish Hook Water Fleas |
Lines became choked with these in the early i2ks. |
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Vexilar 155
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1969 1sr paper chart recorder (graph) widespread
mid-70s ...talk of outlawing these units |
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CRT & LCD Graphs |
Expensive, hard to get an exact date, 1983-1985
from those I spoke with. |
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Affordable LCD Graphs |
1995 Raytheon L-750 was an excellent value. CRTs
hard for daylight read ....went extinct |
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Autopilots |
Probable since and before 1966, became
affordable in mid to late 1980s. |
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Radar |
Pricey thru the 1970-80s, price was coming down
by the early 1990s. |
68 |
TFT screen Sonar |
Used in most present day marine electronics
1990s? need to confirm date |
69 |
GPS Mapping chips |
for GPS? need to research date |
70 |
Joe Renoski |
NY's Lake Ontario, Pirate Spoons, master lure
promoter, well liked by the Lk. O fleet |
71 |
George Metzler |
Credited with delevloping a early version 3
fly cut bait rig. Oswego, NY |
72 |
Stan
Lievense |
Early pioneer on Lk. Michigan |
73 |
1988 Consumers lawsuit |
Court action files against Ludington's "project"
for a high rate of fish being destroyed. |
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1989 Handheld GPS |
Magellan came out with one |
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Loran C ends |
Towers are being shut down February 2010. |
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VHS |
Found in the Great Lakes with confirmed in
samples dating back to 2003 |
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Asian Carp 1973 |
Federal Introduction/Arkansas Game/Fish
Commission stocks 380,000 grass Asian carp in state waters, and
eventually opens the breeding program to bighead, black, silver carp |
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2011 water sales |
Selling of fresh water of Alaska to India in bulk
tankers |
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