Excluding the Great Lakes, 84 percent or 21.1 million of all freshwater anglers fi shed in reservoirs, lakes, and ponds. Forty-fi ve percent or 11.3 million fi shed in rivers and streams. They spent 304 million days fi shing in lakes, reservoirs, and ponds and 136 million days fi shing in rivers and streams. Great Lakes Anglers Great Lakes fi shing includes not only the Great Lakes, but also their tributaries-bodies of water that connect the Great Lakes-and the St. Lawrence River south of the

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... idge at Cornwall. The most popular of the Lakes among anglers was Lake Erie, attracting 37 percent of all the Great Lakes anglers. They averaged 9 days of fi shing in Lake Erie during 2006. Lake Michigan ranked second in popularity, hosting 33 percent of Great Lakes anglers who fi shed there for an average of 12 days. Lake Ontario attracted 15 percent of the anglers, 218 thousand, who averaged 6 fi shing days. The tributaries to the Lakes drew 9 percent of Great Lakes anglers who averaged 9 days per angler. Lake Huron drew 7 percent, 93 thousand anglers, who averaged 9 days of fi shing.