Fishing
Mike Schoonveld: Boating fatality numbers at all-time low
Mike Schoonveld
July 18, 2024
I am a frequent boater and have been most of my life. I don’t think of boating as a particularly unsafe activity (it’s not) but I also don’t think of it as more or less
Michigan’s Black River Lake boating access site closed due to dam release
DNR Report
July 16, 2024
The Michigan DNR has closed the boating access site at Black River Lake in Gogebic County indefinitely, and the public is advised to avoid the area and the soft soils that have been newly exposed,
Upgrades completed at massive Clinton River Cut-off boat access site on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair
DNR Report
July 16, 2024
A 2018 study determined that Lyngbya wollei, a fast-growing algae that thrives in 5 to 12 feet of water, was creating dangerous algae mats more than 3 inches deep each year.
Michigan Legislature approves $1M for Traverse City fish passage
Bob Gwizdz
July 16, 2024
The Michigan Legislature approved a $1 million grant for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to build FishPass, a facility on the Boardman River at Traverse City.
The new facility will replace the lowermost dam
Steve Griffin: For fun, you can’t beat a drum!
Steve Griffin
July 7, 2024
For many Michigan anglers on Saginaw Bay, Great Lakes piers and other places, catching a sheepshead or freshwater drum is a rather novel addition to a day focused on walleye, steelhead, perch or other quarry.<br
Mike Schoonveld: Can fish get school immunity?
Mike Schoonveld
July 7, 2024
Before COVID-19 was unleashed on humanity, I’m not sure if I’d ever heard of the term, “herd immunity.” Now, I know it’s the layman’s term for the phenomenon that occurs when a significant portion of
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – July 6, 2024 – video
Bill Parker
July 6, 2024
The fish are starting to move out a bit. Here’s where they’re being caught.
Sportsman profile: Whether it’s fishing, hunting or shooting, Michigan’s George Poy is all in
Jeff Nedwick
July 6, 2024
Most people who love the outdoors are happy to be able to carve a day or two per month from their day jobs to dabble in their favorite outdoor activity.
Some even manage to
Outdoor Observations: Who should be considered a “nonresident” when it comes to Michigan hunting, fishing licenses?
Bill Parker
July 4, 2024
My friend, Mark, lived and worked in Michigan most of his life. He owned multiple homes here, and back in the 1990s he bought a piece of property in Kaleva that he converted into a
