Publications and Reports (authored by Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station personnel)

Chinook and Coho Salmon

Rakoczy, G. P. 1991. Harvest, movement, return to the creel, and growth of chinook and coho salmon in Lake Huron, 1985-88. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1983.

Rybicki, R. W. and D. F. Clapp. 1996. Diet of Chinook Salmon in Eastern Lake Michigan, 1991-93. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2027, Ann Arbor.

Creel Surveys

Rakoczy, G. P. 1992. Charter boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1991. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 92-9.

Rakoczy, G. P. 1992. Sport fishing catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Lakes Michigan, Huron, Superior, and Erie, April 1, 1991 - March 31, 1992. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 92-11.

Rakoczy, G. P. 1992. Sportfishing catch and effort from the Michigan waters of lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Superior, and their important tributary streams, April 1, 1990 - March 31, 1991. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 92-8.

Rakoczy, G. P. 1997. Charter boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1995. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 97-5.

Rakoczy, G. P. 1998. Charter boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1996. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 98-1.

Rakoczy, G. P. and D. Wesander-Russell 1998. Charter boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1997. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 98-3.

Rakoczy, G. P. and D. Wesander-Russell 2003. Charter Boat Catch and Effort from the Michigan Waters of the Great Lakes, 1998. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2001-4.

Rakoczy, G. P. and D. Wesander-Russell. 2003. Charter Boat Catch and Effort from the Michgan Waters of the Great Lakes, 1999. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2002-3.

Rakoczy, G. P. and R. F. Svoboda. 1993. Charter boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1992. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 93-2.

Rakoczy, G. P. and R. F. Svoboda. 1994. Charter boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1993. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 94-7.

Rakoczy, G. P. and Svoboda R. F. 1997. Sportfishing Catch and Effort from the Michigan waters of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Superior, April 1, 1994 - March 31, 1995 Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 97-4.

Rakoczy, G. P., and R. F. Svoboda. 1994. Sportfishing catch and effort from the Michigan waters of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Superior, April 1, 1992 - March 31, 1993. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 94-6.

Rakoczy, G. P., and R. F. Svoboda. 1995. Sportfishing catch and effort from the Michigan waters of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Superior, April 1, 1993 - March 31, 1994. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 95-1.

Rakoczy, G.P., and R.F. Svoboda. 1995. Chater boat catch and effort from the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes, 1994. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Tech. Rep. 95-3.

Lake Trout

Bronte, C. R., J. Jonas, M. E. Holey, M. L. Toneys, P. McKee, B. Breidert, R. M. Claramunt, M. P. Ebener, R. L. Eshenroder, C. C. Krueger, G. Wright, and R. Hess. 2003. Possible impediments to lake trout restoration in Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan Lake Trout Task Group Report, Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, pp. 52. [PDF File]

Bronte, C. R., M. E. Holey, B. Breidert, R. M. Claramunt, J. Jonas, M. P. Ebener, G. W. Fleischer, R. Hess, A. Martel, E. J. Olsen, P. McKee, and M. L. Toneys. 2003. Success of current strategies to recolonize lake trout spawning reefs in northern Lake Michigan. Final Report to the Great Lakes Fishery Trust, pp. 25. [PDF File]

Claramunt, R.M., C. Bronte, M. Holey, J. Jonas, P. McKee, M. Toneys, M. Holey, E. Olsen, M. Ebener, R. Hess, G. Fleisher, and A. Martell. 2001. Status of Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan Committee Report, Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Claramunt, R.M., J. Jonas, P. McKee, M. Toneys, M. Holey, E. Olsen, M. Ebener, R. Hess, T. DeSourcie, G. Fleisher, and A. Martell. 2000. Status of Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan Committee Report, Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. Ann Arbor, MI.

Claramunt, R.M., J.L. Jonas, J.D. Fitzsimons, and J.E. Marsden. In review. Patterns of lake trout spawning, habitat use, and predator influences on in situ estimates of egg mortality. Submitted to Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, December, 2003. [PDF File]

Fitzsimons, J.D., B. Williston, G. Fodor, J.L. Jonas, R.M. Claramunt, J.E. Marsden, B.J. Ellrott, and D.C. Honeyfield. In review. Assessing the effects of physical disturbance and egg predation on lake trout egg mortality and its application to Lake Michigan. Submitted to Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, December, 2003. [PDF File]

Jonas, J. L., J.R. Bence, E. J. Olsen, and R.M. Claramunt. 2003. MM-123 Lake Trout Model Short-report in Bence J.R. and Ebener, M.P. (eds.). Summary Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2001, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2002. Technical Fisheries Committee, 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan. [PDF File]

Jonas, J.L., R.M. Claramunt, J.D. Fitzsimons, J.E. Marsden, and B.J. Ellrott. In review. Estimates of abundance and the effects of lake trout egg predators in northern Lake Michigan, Parry Sound (Lake Huron), and Lake Champlain. Submitted to Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, December, 2003. [PDF File]

McKee, P., J. Jonas, M. Toneys, G. Fleischer, T. DeSorcie, R. Hess, E. Olsen, M. Holey, and A. Martell. 1999. Status of lake trout rehabilitation in Lake Michigan. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Lake Committee Report.

Rybicki, R. W. 1983. Lake trout populations in Michigan waters of Lake Michigan, 1976-1982. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1914, Ann Arbor.

Rybicki, R. W. 1990. Growth, survival, and straying of three lake trout strains stocked in a refuge of northern Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1977, Ann Arbor.

Rybicki, R. W. 1990. Growth, survival, recruitment, and management of lake trout in eastern Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1979, Ann Arbor.

Rybicki, R. W. 1990. Survival rates of 1-and-2 year old hatchery-reared trout in the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1978, Ann Arbor.

Rybicki, R. W., and M. Keller. 1978. The lake trout resource in Michigan waters of Lake Michigan, 1970-1976. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1863.

Toneys, M. L., P. Mckee, R. Hess, E. Olsen, J. Jonas, M. Holey, T. DeSorcie, and C. Madenjian. 1998. Status of lake trout rehabilitation in Lake Michigan. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Lake Committee Report.

Whitefish, Herring, Chubs

Claramunt, R.M., and D.F. Clapp. In review. Image analysis procedures for aging calcified structures: an example with Lake Michigan whitefish. Submitted to Technical Report Series, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, August, 2003. [PDF File]

Jonas, J. L., P. J., Schneeberger, D. F. Clapp, M. Wolgamood, G. Wright, and B. Lasee. 2002. Presence of the BKD-causing bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum in lake whitefish and bloaters in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 57:447-452.

Martell, A.W., and R.M. Claramunt. 2003. WFM-07 Lake Whitefish Model Short-report in Bence J.R. and Ebener, M.P. (eds.). Summary Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2001, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2002. Technical Fisheries Committee, 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan. [PDF File]

Rakoczy, G. P. 1983. Harvest levels for commercially exploited stocks of lake whitefish in Michigan waters of Lake Superior. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1912, Ann Arbor.

Rybicki, R. W. 1988. Selectivity of experimental gill nets for bloater chubs (Coregonus hoyi) in Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1951, Ann Arbor.

Rybicki, R. W., and P. J. Schneeberger. 1990. Recent history and management of the state-licensed commercial fishery for lake whitefish in the Michigan waters of Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1960, Ann Arbor.

Smith, K. D. 1988. Evaluation of modifications to trap nets for reducing gilling in a commercial whitefish fishery Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1863.

Yellow Perch

Fitzgerald, D.G., D. F. Clapp, and B. J. Belonger. Characterization of growth and winter survival of age-0 yellow perch in southeastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research. In revision.

Glover, D.C., J.M. Dettmers, and D.F. Clapp. 2003. Evaluation of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) movements in Lake Michigan: an analysis using lake-wide mark and recapture. Annual report to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Coordination Activities Program. (Project completion and final report due; 2004)

Lake Michigan Yellow Perch Task Group, D. F. Clapp, and J. Dettmers. Yellow perch research and management in Lake Michigan: evaluating progress in a cooperative effort, 1997-2001. Fisheries. In revision.

Makauskas, D. and D.F. Clapp. 2000. Status of Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan and Yellow Perch Task Group Progress Report. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Lake Michigan Committee, Annual Meeting Minutes. 33 pages.

Makauskas, D. and D.F. Clapp. 2001. Status of Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan and Yellow Perch Task Group Progress Report. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Lake Michigan Committee, Annual Meeting Minutes. 21 pages.

Makauskas, D. and D.F. Clapp. 2002. Status of Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan and Yellow Perch Task Group Progress Report. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Lake Michigan Committee, Annual Meeting Minutes. 13 pages.

Rybicki, R. W. 1985. Feasibility of trap nets for harvesting, and observations on distribution, growth, and survival of yellow perch, in southern Lake Michigan, 1978-79. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1930, Ann Arbor.

Wilberg, M, J. Bence, and D. F. Clapp. 2003. Development of an age-structured yellow perch population model for Lake Michigan. Annual Progress Report to the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission for a Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act-funded project. (Project completion and final report due; 2004)

Other topics

Clapp, D. F., and R. D. Clark, Jr. 1989. Hooking mortality of smallmouth bass caught on live minnows and artificial spinners. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 9:81-85.

Clapp, D. F., P. J. Schneeberger, D. J. Jude, G. Madison, and C. Pistis. 2001. Monitoring round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) population expansion in eastern and northern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27:335-341.

Claramunt, R.M. 1997. Hydroacoustics: a tool for understanding fish-habitat association in rivers. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports, November/December, Vol. 348. [PDF File]

Claramunt, R.M. 1997. The Internet as an employment tool. Fisheries 22(7): 35.

Claramunt, R.M. and D.H. Wahl. 2000. The effects of abiotic and biotic factors on larval fish growth rates: a comparison across species and reservoirs. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129: 835-851. [PDF File]

Claramunt, R.M., D.H. Wahl, C. Dolan, J. Dettmers, and J. Tucker. 1998. Predation affects work to control zebra mussels. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports, November/December, Vol. 354. [PDF File]

Claramunt, R.M., J.M. Dettmers, D.H. Wahl, and D.A. Soluk. 1999. Evaluation of rockhopper trawl catches in the main channel of Pools 8 and 13 of the Upper Mississippi River. Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report Series 99/8: 1-13. [PDF File]

Cooper, G. P., R. W. Rybicki, L. Moffit, M. H. Patriarche, E. H. Brown, Jr., and J. W. Peck. 1974. Estimates of biomass of principal fish species in the Great Lakes. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1813.

Diana, J. S., D.F. Clapp, E.M. Hay-Chmielewski, G. Schnicke, D. Siler, W. Ziegler, and R. D. Clark, Jr. 1990. Relative success of telemetry studies in Michigan. American Fisheries Society Symposium 7:346-352.

Jonas, J. L. and T. Erdman. 1999. Forster's (Sterna forsteri) and common (Sterna hirundo) terns as early indicators of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (in Review).

Jonas, J., D. F. Clapp, J. Bence, M. Holey. 2001. State of the Lake Michigan salmonine community - 2000. Five year "State of the Lake" status report provided to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Keller, Myrl, Kelley D. Smith and Ronald W. Rybicki, Editors. 1990. Review of salmon and trout management in Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fisheries Special Report 14.

P. Schneeberger, P., M. Toneys, R. Elliott, J. Jonas, D. Clapp, R. Hess, and D. Passino-Reader. 1999. Lakewide Assessment Plan for Lake Michigan Fish Communities. Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Publications and Reports (utilizing data collected by Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station personnel)

Benjamin, D.M. and J. R. Bence. 2003. Statistical Catch-at-Age Framework for Chinook Salmon in Lake Michigan, 1985-1996. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2066.

Benjamin, D.M. and J. R. Bence. 2003. Spatial and Temporal Changes in the Lake Michigan Chinook Salmon Fishery, 1985-1996. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2065.

Clark, R. D., Jr. and B. Huang. 1983. The dynamics of competition between sport and commercial fishing: Effects on rehabilitation of lake trout in Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1909, Ann Arbor.

Fielder, D. G. 1987. An assessment of the introduction of summer steelhead into Michigan. (M.S. thesis). Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1948, Ann Arbor.

Hesse, J. 1994. Contribution of hatchery and natural chinook salmon to the eastern Lake Michigan fishery, 1992-1993. M. S. Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2013, Ann Arbor.

Loftus, A. J. 1986. An evaluation of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) hooking mortality in the upper Great Lakes. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1941, Ann Arbor.

Patriarche, M. H. 1976. Biological basis for management of lake whitefish in the Michigan waters of northern Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1838.

Patriarche, M. H. 1975. Reaction of nearby Lake Michigan fish stocks to a heated discharge at the Palisades site. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1820.

Patriarche, M. H. 1980. Movement and harvest of coho salmon in Lake Michigan, 1978-1979. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1889.

Wagner, W. C. 1980. Reproduction of planted lake trout in Lake Michigan. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1885.

Wagner, W. C. 1982. Lake trout spawning habitat in the Great Lakes. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1904, Ann Arbor.

Wagner, W. C. 1992. Evalutation of lake trout egg plants in Michigan waters of lakes Michigan and Huron. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 1976, Ann Arbor.

Weeder, J. A. 1997. A Genetic Comparison of Lake Michigan Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to Their Source Population. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2032, Ann Arbor.

Wesley, J. K. 1996. Age and Growth of Chinook Salmon in Lake Michigan: Verification, Current Analysis, and Past Trends. Mich. Dept. Nat. Resour. Fish. Res. Rep. 2039, Ann Arbor.

Many of these publications are available on the internet, at the Fisheries Division library.