by: Joanne Coutts

I created this map as part of a project with Friends of the Rouge and the University of Michigan Detroit Center to share the importance of shore fishing to the Boynton, Delray and Oakwood Heights communities around Fort Street Bridge Park and Zug Island.

Shore and small boat fishing are popular activities all across Detroit. Even in the neighborhoods far from the river there are boats lounging on their trailers ready to be launched into the water. Many of the city’s Fish & Chicken restaurants offer fish cleaning services for a small fee. On the Riverwalk there are special trash collection points for lines and hooks. And on a nice evening at all seasons of the year Detroiters pull their cars up as close to the river as possible, set up their lines, open a can of pop, and wait for a fish to bite.