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Lake fishing remains good
Great Lakes trout and salmon fishing continues to be good when boats can get out, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.
UPPER PENINSULA
Marquette: Lake trout fishing remains fair for boats heading out of the Upper and Lower harbors and trolling in waters 140 to 200 feet deep. A few coho and lake trout were taken in shallow waters about 60 feet deep near the Upper Harbor breakwall.
Au Train/Munising: Continue to have low fishing pressure, but those going out reported good lake trout catches with several boats taking limit catches in 150 to 200 feet of water when trolling flies and peanuts behind dodgers and cowbells. The fish are averaging 3 to 5 pounds.
Keweenaw Bay: Fishing slowed over the last week.
Fly-fishing program honors late outdoorsman
Ten youths between the ages of 10 and 17 got a real introduction to fly-fishing from on-land casting instruction to a float down the Yakima River to, naturally, a barbecue last Thursday. The day was a mix of lessons in fishing and life, and a remembrance of a young man who reveled in both. The activity was the inaugural Greg Stark Youth Fly-Fishing Day on the River, named for and held in honor of an eminently likable man who would have loved to see the smiles on the kids' faces. Stark, who grew up in Royal City, was an avid outdoorsman with a real passion for fly-fishing. While he was a student at Central Washington University, he became a regular client at The Evening Hatch, an Ellensburg fly shop along the Yakima River. "He was a guest of ours at the shop," recalls Evening Hatch owner Jack Mitchell, "but more than that, he was a guy with a big heart, a real outdoors enthusiast." Says Stark's mother, Barbara Stark of Royal City, "Greg told me that fly-fishing taught him so much about life.
Catskills fly fishing community dealt another blow
Yet another disaster has struck in the breadbasket of American fly fishing. The Antrim Lodge in Roscoe was dealt its final death blow when a fire all but leveled the historic inn. With clean-up still underway following the floods that rampaged the area recently, Monday morning saw yet another piece of history erased from the map. The Antrim constructed in 1890 was undergoing a long-overdue major rehabilitation and upgrade. The inn had closed its doors in 1993, but in 2004 the owners started what was described as a major renovation, which would return the historic building to its former glory. Originally slated to be a two-year project, the latest schedule was for the re-opening to be sometime in 2007. As a result of Monday's fire the date will never come. The building is now damaged beyond repair.
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