The reason many of us do not eat lakers is that they are high in toxins , man made toxins. They are on the do not consume list for that reason. A salmon lives a short 3-4 year life cycle, a laker will live 20+ years and needs to be around 8 years old before it will spawn for the first time.
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The South End provides useful resources and discussion forums for those that fish The South End of Lake Michigan for Salmon, Steelhead, Perch, and Bass as well as elsewhere in the Region and Chicago area.