Parts of Red Cedar open for fishing

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State University has lifted a ban on fishing along parts of the Red Cedar River on its East Lansing campus that dates back as far as the 1940s.

The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/UUU8nA ) that the change was approved this month by the university's Board of Trustees.

The ban still exists in places. The school will allow fishing on the portion of the riverbanks from the western edge of campus to the Kalamazoo Street bridge, which crosses the Red Cedar River just north of the Spartan statue, and for a trial period of three years.

Coho and Chinook salmon run up the Red Cedar River in the fall, steelhead in the spring. There also are largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegills and sunfish and walleye in the river.