July 16, 2024
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 16, 2024
Nearly all anglers are having good or great outings in the Orleans County waters off the Oak.Â
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Fishing regulations to be relaxed at McKinley Lake in Creston, Iowa
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is relaxing the fishing regulations at McKinley Lake in Creston. The city of Creston will begin to drain the lake in August as part of a lake restoration project.Â
McKinley Lake, constructed in the 1870s, has accumulated a lot of sediment and nutrients over time causing poor water quality that impacts outdoor recreation opportunities on the community lake.
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Habitat diversity draws bird watchers, hunters to Iowa’s Copeland Bend Wildlife Area
Forty miles south of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Missouri River is the 3,500-plus-acre Copeland Bend Wildlife Area, an expansive mix of grasslands and high-quality wetlands constructed after the extensive flooding in 2011, when the big river was closed to boating, and levees up and down the Big Muddy were breached.
After the waters receded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began to relocate and rebuild the levy system away from the river, creating a series of shallow wetlands and borrow pits as materials were needed to construct the new levee.
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Good fishing, ambiance lure anglers to Nichols Lake in Michigan’s Newaygo County
Good fishing, sandy beaches, a primitive campground, and a relatively remote setting in the Manistee National Forest combine to make Nichols Lake worth a look this summer.
Located in northwest Newaygo County about 20 miles south of the town of Baldwin, Nichols Lake is part of the Lake Michigan, Pere Marquette River and Big South Branch of the Pere Marquette River watersheds.
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Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the July 19, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
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Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Multiple-year hunter harassment investigation leads to jail time
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the July 19, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July 16, 2024
The mud is holding big numbers of fish and two main fishing techniques are being used to get it done.
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Michigan’s Black River Lake boating access site closed due to dam release
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, due to draining of water from the impoundment.
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Upgrades completed at massive Clinton River Cut-off boat access site on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair
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.
