Lake Superior perch fishery hurting steelhead stock?

Study shows connection between resurgence of perch, walleye and decline of trout in Lake Superior tributary.

LINK (via:CBC News)

Tarnished Chrome

A look at the recent early mortality of Lake Ontario's steelhead population.

Dead steelhead in the Salmon River and other Lake Ontario tributaries

Scientists and the state Department of Environmental Conservation have been puzzled by dead steelhead turning up on the banks of the Salmon River in Oswego County in recent weeks. There's also been anecdotal reports of the same thing happening in other Lake Ontario tributaries.

Brooks Robinson, public relations and social media manager for the Cortland Line Company, is a regular on the Salmon River.

"In October, there were a ton of dead steelhead at the bottom of the Douglaston Salmon Run. You had spin and bait guys blaming fly fishermen, and fly fishermen blaming gear fishermen. It got ugly," Robinson said.

LINK (via: Syracuse.com)