Michigan: New State-Record Chinook Salmon Tops 47 Pounds

Press release from Michigan DNR:

August 9, 2021

Contact: Jay Wesley, 616-490-5090 or Scott Heintzelman, 231-433-9782 Agency: Natural Resources

Aug. 9, 2021

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• State-record Chinook salmon 8-7-21: Posing with the new state-record Chinook salmon, caught Aug. 7, 2021, are Capt. Bobby Sullivan of Icebreaker Charters; Luis Ricardo Hernandez Martinez, of Ortonville, who caught the fish; Jay Wesley, Lake Michigan Basin coordinator with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources; and Scott Heintzelman, the DNR's Central Lake Michigan Management Unit supervisor. (NOTE: The scale pictured in this photo is from a local bait shop; the weight shown here is not the state-record weight. The official weight, 47.86 pounds, was measured on a certified scale by the DNR fisheries biologist.)
• Moonshine lure: Close-up view of the Moonshine raspberry carbon spoon lure used to catch the state-record Chinook salmon on Lake Michigan.

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