The response from the Fish hatchery:

"In the late 1980's, the DNR tried to plant grayling in a few local lakes nearest to the grayling's historical habitat, and Kneff Lake was one of them. The experiment didn't take, despite best efforts, and the DNR abandoned attempts to plant grayling in Michigan.

There alledgedly could be a few grayling remaining in Kneff Lake, and state rules are you have to let them go if you get one. That said, I don't know that anyone has actually caught one in over 7 years, so I suspect the original stock is gone.

The Hatchery Restoration Project is an attempt to restore the hatchery facility into a year-round museum, education tool, and community showpiece. We intend to have a small scale hatchery to raise grayling, but not to plant them in local lakes and streams. They are not a hardy fish, and would not survive against the german browns and brookies even if one tried.

The project has been searching for funding, and truthfully, is struggling a bit at the moment to find adequeate sources. We have a website which is slightly out of date, but is essentially correct [url=http://www.graylingfishhatchery.com..:e39ae]www.graylingfishhatchery.com..[/url:e39ae]

Thanks. Kevin"

Jack Hise - you may have already thought of this, but maybe a tour of this facility during the fish in is in order.