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Well I have to admit I was skeptical... a brown trout fishery in
Wayne county, come on! I had heard the reports
and decided to check it out. Thanks to the long hours of
work put in by the Johnson
Creek Protection Group,
and others it's true! The creek's headwaters start out in Washtenaw County near
Salem, and it picks up speed as it moves into Wayne
County. It picks up spring fed water along the way cooling
it enough to support trout. The MDNR has been planting
trout there for the last several years. There are
hold-overs from year to year as I have seen some monsters in
some of the holes first hand.
This is the same section of creek after big
rain. This is why the Johnson
Creek Protection Group
needs your help. Over-development of the area without proper
flood control and silt barriers leads to a floodwaters that looks
like light coffee. I am surprised any trout could live through
such a disaster.
Recent heavy development along the creek threatens to was the
water and fill it with silt. Hopefully this can be
controlled. Please join the
Johnson Creek Protection Group
if you care about the future of this potentially great
fishery. Hopefully a Trout Unlimited Chapter can be set up
to help care for and fund stream improvements as well.
Below is a more serene night on the creek with a
nice mist in the air.
There has been a lot written about this creek and efforts to protect it in local newspapers. The map below came from a Detroit News article about the creek. Pulte Homes did a nice stream improvement project in the upper portion of the creek last year. I walked this section of creek 5/18/07 and while it looks promising, I'm not certain there is enough cool water up in this section of the creek to support a local trout population. There is a whole lot of silt and sand up in this area as well.
Join in on this
discussion about this river and either post or read
about it here.
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