Fish Cribs
23 Now Await Brevort Lake Spring Thaw

Top: Members of the Straits Area Sportsmen's Club and the Brevort Lake Association build a fish crib on the ice of Brevort Lake Saturday, March 3. Pictured here (from left) are Moran residents Jack Luepnitz, Maury Asatla, downstate visitor Andy Luepnitz, and Ray Lowetz. During the spring thaw, the crib will crash through the ice and settle on the lake bottom, providing protective habitat for spawning fish. Above, right: Seventeen fish cribs stretch into the distance on Brevort Lake. This winter, fishermen have built and placed 23 cribs on the lake. Divers from Michigan State Police Underwater Recovery Unit dove beneath the ice in late February and found previously placed cribs to be functional and in good shape. (Photographs by Jimmie Miller)