2026 Southeast Michigan (Lake St. Clair/Lake Erie) Fishery Workshop

April 9, 2026
6-8 p.m. ET

Macomb County Extension office
or online via Zoom

Sea Grant hosts fishery workshops to provide recreational anglers, commercial fishers, charter operators, agency staff, and researchers with a forum to share and discuss Great Lakes fishery management. While each workshop is different, agendas often cover fish populations and angler catch data, forage or prey fish surveys, offshore and open water fisheries, fisheries management activities, citizen science opportunities for anglers, and more.

This event is free, but registration is required. Please indicate if you will be attending in person or via Zoom.

Agenda:

• Back to basics: DNR Fish Regulations -- Cleyo Harris (MDNR)
• Status of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair fishery – Andrew Briggs (MDNR)
• Impact of year-round catch and release on smallmouth bass -- Jan-Michael Hessenauer (MDNR)
• Ford Cove habitat restoration project -- Scott Dierks (GEI Consultants)
• Update on muck in Lake St. Clair – Kevin Goodwin and Josh Tellier (EGLE)

For more information please contact Extension Educator Erica Clites at clitese1@msu.edu.