BENZIE COUNTY, MI – Illegal activities and “angler conflicts” at the Betsie River Homestead Dam caused the state to put new restrictions on the popular fishing site for the remainder of the fall 2020 salmon run.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers have responded to hundreds of complaints of unlawful activities in the area, including illegal snagging, exceeding daily fish limits, cutting trees, illegal fires, trespassing and “angler conflicts,” according to a DNR news release. There are also problems of bank erosion and littering.
To curb these troubles, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission adopted regulations that close Benzie County’s Homestead Dam to fishing within 300 feet of the lamprey barrier and fish passage facility from Aug. 1 to Nov. 15. The new regulation, which was recommended by DNR staff, went into effect today, Sept. 11.
DNR staff expect the new rule to reduce illegal fishing and activities that are degrading the land, said Scott Heintzelman, Fisheries Division’s Central Lake Michigan Unit manager.
The regulations will also “provide protection for the current population of wild run Chinook salmon in the Betsie River to ensure that population continues to provide a world-class fishery into the future,” Heintzelman said.
Under the new rules, the use of certain state forest lands near the dam are prohibited from 1-4 a.m. to prevent camping and camping fires, which have caused extensive resource damage, the release said.
More information about fishing and camping rules and regulations is available at Michigan.gov/DNRLaws.
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