For first time in 160 years, Fond du Lac Band nets lake trout in Lake Superior
DULUTH — Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have netted lake trout in Lake Superior for the first time in more than 160 year...
DULUTH — Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have netted lake trout in Lake Superior for the first time in more than 160 years, a testimony to ongoing tribal efforts to exercise hunting and fishing rights under treaties with the U.S. government. Band members and others also say the event marks another chapter in the ongoing success story of Lake Superior's lake trout resurgence. Three boats with nine Fond du Lac members set nets and pulled 323 lake trout out of the lake on three nights in late August.