The creatures you're most likely to encounter in the Great Lakes

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Ever wonder what you can find below the surface of our Great Lakes? David Jude tells us on today's Stateside.

Jude is a research scientist emeritus at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.

Jude says the most fish-populated lake is Lake Erie. It’s shallow, has very diverse habitat, and as a result, has high species diversity. The least-populated lake is Lake Superior because of its cold temperatures and depth.

In his experience, Jude says the species you are most likely to see in each of the lakes are:

• Lake Erie– roundgoby, yellow perch, gizzard shad, brook silverside, largemouth and smallmouth bass;
• Lake Huron – spottail shiner, quagga and zebra mussels, emerald shiner, walleye, and lake herring;
• Lake Ontario – Atlantic salmon, round goby, gizzard shad, spottail shiner, yellow perch, and white perch;
• Lake Michigan – spottail shiner, round goby, and yellow perch;
• Lake Superior – lake herring, emerald shiner, and longnose dace.

*Listen to the full interview with David Jude above.

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