East Chicago, IN Fall Salmon

Here's a pretty good show from Raghorn's Angling the Great Lakes. Fall salmon fishing from East Chicago, IN. They probably would have caught more, but the host had a BANANA on board! You think the host of a fishing show would know better than to mess with the fishing gods. They also discuss how the salmon could be smaller in the coming years due to the decreasing alewife population. From what I understand, the prey fish are suffering because the invasive quagga and zebra mussels filter microscopic algae called diatoms from lake water. Tiny shrimp-like creatures called diporeia also eat diatoms. Their numbers have declined sharply in recent years, and scientists suspect it's because the mussels are filtering diporeia's food from the water. As a result of the diporeia's population crash, prey fish such as alewives, which feed on diporeia, have also been declining. The loss of prey fish threatens sport and commercial fish such as salmon. That's all for today class , here's the video:
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