Michigan D-N-R and five Indian tribes have reached a resolution over Mullett Lake. State anglers will be able to keep some walleye caught in the lake next year.
State managers had floated the idea of not allowing non-natives to keep any walleye. And that led some state anglers to blame the tribes. D-N-R fisheries chief Kelley Smith says that was a misunderstanding.
"The tribes did absolutely nothing wrong here," says Smith. "They did everything within their rights and they did it for a good purpose."
The tribes have agreed not to exercise their right to take up to half of the available fish. One tribal biologist said they chose that option to get the state to look harder into why the population of walleye in Mullett Lake is so low. That will now happpen.
The DNR still must decide how many walleye to allow state anglers to take next year.
Hear Bob Allen's report on the dispute.
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