Thinking about hitting the UP in the Spring so I’ve been reading up on Lake Run Brook Trout aka Coasters. There really doesn’t seem to be a solid fishery anywhere for them in Michigan or Wisconsin but Canada and Minnesota have had some success. Targeting them seems futile but it’s still nice knowing they can be a bonus fish. That being said, I was happy to stumble onto this Michigan DNR article. I also found a video on YouTube which highlights one of the reasons for their decline. In the video you can see a pod of Brookies laying next to sand which is now covering what used to be great spawning gravel. Michigan Technological University made this video a few years ago to illustrate why money was needed to vacuum sand from essential spawning habitat for these beautiful native trout.
http://howardmeyerson.com/2014/09/14/regulations-proposed-to-bring-back-michigans-coaster-brook-trout/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3dsnVieIkk