Northern Michigan residents caught with more than double the daily legal limit of walleye

  • Michigan DNR conservation officers seized an overlimit of 34 walleye Friday from a group of anglers who were renting a property in the city of Detroit for a fishing trip on the Detroit River.
    Michigan DNR conservation officers seized an overlimit of 34 walleye Friday from a group of anglers who were renting a property in the city of Detroit for a fishing trip on the Detroit River.

    LANSING

    Agroup of anglers from northern Michigan was caught Friday with an overlimit of 34 walleye – more than double the daily legal limit, after fishing on the Detroit River.

    “People visit Detroit from all over to take advantage of the abundant fishing offered by the Detroit River,” said Todd Szyska with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, and the division’s acting captain for the south region of the Lower Peninsula. “Our walleye fishery is world-class in part because of the many respectful anglers who follow the daily limits.”