Click for Enlarged View. United States Environmental Protection Agency. The Detroit River Area of Concern (AOC) is one of five binational AOCs. This will connect Lake Okonoka with the Blue Heron Lagoon, creating free passage of Great Lakes water and fish. Detroit River is a stream in Ontario and has an elevation of 172 metres. A barge places rocks along a berm constructed to reduce erosion and provide additional spawning habitat within the Detroit RI AOC. Beneficial use impairments are designations given by the International Joint Commission representing different types of significant environmental degradation. The popular shore spots become lined with anglers filling coolers of white bass.
The $9.3 million project cost was shared between U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) (65 percent) and Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality, now Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (35 percent). A barge places rocks along a berm constructed to reduce erosion and provide additional spawning habitat within the Detroit RI AOC. For more information visit the Lake St. Clair Fishing Forum. The emergent shoals will provide protection against future erosion events and allow for regeneration of the island’s outer shoreline emergent vegetation. The project started in 2018 and finished at the end of 2019.

Lake Huron water comprises 95 percent of the flow of the Detroit River via the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair (MDNR 1991). The river serves as a major shipping channel, jointly controlled by the United States and Canada, and is a major component of the Canada–United States border. Wikipedia; Overview: Map: Satellite: Directions: Overview: Map: Satellite: Directions: Localities in the Area. Large crankbaits, spinners and shadzillas are usually the lures of choice. Large numbers of trophy walleye and many white bass are caught regularly. Completion of the project will advance efforts toward the An aerial view showing the construction of emergent shoals off Celeron Island. The Detroit River flows for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States. The project includes the replacement of a stop-log weir at the north end of Lake Okonoka with a road bridge. The first Great Lakes Legacy Act project, the Black Lagoon Legacy Cleanup, completed dredging in May 2005.

A beautiful view of the Detroit river, Windsor, Ontario from the USA side, the skyline of downtown Detroit. In spring, generally mid May until early June, millions of White Bass enter the river to spawn.
Almost any shiny lure that is jigged or casted into the strike zone can catch white bass.