Movement of tagged lake trout in Lake Superior, 1950-1952
The Fisherman
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By: Paul H. Eschmeyer, Russell Daly, and Leo F. Erkkila
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Abstract
A total of 733 native lake trout was tagged at two widely separated localities in Lake Superior; subsequent recaptures numbered 155 fish (21.1 percent) during the year following marking. In October 1950, 116 large lake trout (average total length, 27.3 inches) were tagged near Keweenaw Point, Michigan. Fifteen (12.9 percent) were recovered during the first year at points as far west as the Gooseberry River, Minnesota (190 miles), north to the Slate Islands, Ontario (95 miles), and east to Grand Marais, Michigan (100 miles). Nine fish (7.8 percent) were recovered during the second year after marking. Returns from 617 tagged lake trout of smaller size released in the Apostle Island region of Wisconsin during the period June 12 to August 6, 1951, numbered 140 (22.7 percent) during the first year. Of these fish, 90 percent were recaptured within a radius of 50 miles of the point of release. Seventy-six percent were caught in Wisconsin, 14 percent in Minnesota, and 9 percent in Michigan waters. The fish retaken in Michigan had moved 120 to 255 miles between the time of release and recapture, traveling as far east as Grand Marais. Lake trout recaptured at distances of more than 50 miles from the tagging locality were of larger average size than marked fish caught within this radius.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Movement of tagged lake trout in Lake Superior, 1950-1952 |
| Series title | The Fisherman |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1953 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | p. 4, 11 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | The Fisherman |
| First page | 4, 11 |
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