Bolster the Coaster

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/