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Answer for the clue "Lake Michigan herring ", 8 letters:
alewives

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of alewife English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus [syn: Alosa pseudoharengus , Pomolobus pseudoharengus ] [also: ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alewife \Ale"wife`\, n.; pl. Alewives . A woman who keeps an alehouse. --Gay.

Usage examples of alewives.

But of my own knowledge, I know that down to the year 1850, sharks and shad, alewives and herring, against Linnaeus's express edict, were still found dividing the possession of the same seas with the Leviathan.