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Any
species of fish you catch that you don't wish to keep and eat, please
return quickly to the water and with great care. |
Click here to see the
fish of Bald Eagle Lake
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Bald Eagle Lake has a healthy population of fish, including sunfish, pike, bass, perch and walleye. Fishermen enjoy succesful fishing all year long.
BELPOA has also planted fish in the lake: jumbo perch, walleye, shellcrackers to give fisherman more variety. |
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Order
your fishing license online
The
Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) E-License system
is designed to allow customers to purchase hunting and fishing licenses,
special hunt applications and permits 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
within applicable sales dates. You will also be able to print most
small game and fishing licenses using your own printer. Our goal
is to make the license-buying process easier for our customers who
enjoy the great State of Michigan.
Fishing Information at the DNR
Keep
the Bass Virus out of our Lake
by Bill
Johnson
A virus, which
could be fatal to largemouth bass, has recently been confirmed in
seven lakes in south-central Michigan. Hillsdale, Branch and St
Joseph counties, along with north central Indiana, is the area where
these lakes are located. This relatively
new virus, first discovered in South Carolina in 1995, also appears
to infect smallmouth bass, bluegills and crappies, all members of
the sunfish family. The disease appears to be fatal only in the
largemouth bass. The virus affects only fish, not people. Infected
fish are considered safe to eat. The virus is
viable in water for several hours, so anything that would move water
or fish from one body of water to another has the potential for
spreading it. The state recommends that anglers take the following
steps to prevent the spread of the virus:
- When fishing
more than one body of water, clean boats, trailers and other equipment
between fishing trips to prevent transporting the virus from one
body of water to another.
- Do not
move fish or fish parts from one body of water to another, and
do not release live bait into any body of water.
- Handle bass
as gently as possible if you intend to release them.
- Report
dead or dying fish to state wildlife agencies. One positive note,
in the lakes where these mortalities have occurred, the bass populations
tend to recover very well in a couple of years. The DNR will be
monitoring selected lakes this summer, possibly including lakes
in Oakland County.
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