By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — Michigan hunters and boaters, buying their licenses and boat fuel, contribute to dedicated funds used to benefit wildlife, hunting, and boating; funds that would be used, that is, if the Legislature OK’d it. But Michigan’s Legislature, apparently at least partly in response to ongoing disputes over payments […]
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BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – The best daytime walleye bite is at south end gravel areas in 22 to 27 feet of water. Lowlight periods seem to provide activity on the eight – to 12-foot rock piles and points. Pink and white jigging spoons tipped with minnow heads are working best. Perch are
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer Bemidji, Minn. – While Red Lake supports what officials call a surplus of spawning-sized walleyes, both the DNR and Red Lake Band of Chippewa plan to play it safe in terms of allowable harvest, at least right away. The state will allow anglers to harvest 108,000 pounds of walleyes between
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By Mike Moore Editor Columbus — Over the past five years, Midwestern states have witnessed an exploding population of the exotic Asian carp and the species has found its way into the Ohio River system. Ohio soon may be dealing with significant numbers of the large fish in its own waters. “They’re up in Indiana
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Jan. 21: Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, 12 noon-3 p.m., Gull Lake. For more info call Bob Slaybaugh, 1-800-950-9461. Jan. 22: Annual Isanti KC Family Ice Fishing Contest, 1-3 p.m., Green Lake, Hwy 47 & 95. For more info call Ron, 763-444-4240. Jan. 29: United Northern Sportsmen’s Annual Ice Fishing Contest, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Island Lake,
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer Nicollet, Minn. — While water isn’t flowing out of Swan Lake as fast as officials hoped, it is progressing nonetheless. The water’s going down about one-quarter inch per day, and is down in total about 7.5 inches. “We were a little discouraged by the flow progress of the drawdown,” said
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Unusually warm temperatures during the past couple of weeks throughout much of Ohio chased many ice fishermen off lakes and ponds around the state. What was shaping up as a good ice fishing season particularly in the northern part of the state took a setback, and it could be late January or early February before
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By Kurt Krueger Correspondent Paulding, Mich. — Controversy is brewing over a power company’s plan to sell 7,300 acres of back land surrounding six flowages in the Upper Peninsula to a development firm – including nearly 2,000 acres at Bond Falls near Paulding. Officials with the Upper Peninsula Power Co. and its parent company, Wisconsin
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