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January 18, 2023

A look at ice fishing’s impact on North Dakota fish populations

There was a time as recently as the mid-1980s when North Dakota didn’t have a daily limit on perch.
Fast forward with more waters and limits and the fishing is even better. Coincidence? Probably not, but the return of water had much more to do with the current state of strong fisheries in North Dakota.

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Mandatory registration providing lots of deer data in Michigan

Early results from Michigan’s initiation into mandatory reporting of deer harvests show general acceptance of the system, a need to evaluate a discrepancy with previous statewide deer kill estimates, and a new set of deer season data points that hunters may find fascinating.

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2022 one of the safest years on record for Michigan hunters

As of Dec. 15, the last time the DNR’s Michigan Hunting Related Incident Summary 2022 had been updated, there were just three hunting incidents and no fatalities in all of 2022 and just one during the firearms deer season.
If those preliminary numbers hold true, 2022 could well be Michigan’s safest hunting season on record.

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Michigan’s inland cisco fisheries abound

The cisco typically is found in relatively deep cold well oxygenated lakes with good deeper water summer habitat (Hypolimnion). Lakes that can support trout and whitefish are usually classified as oligotrophic, which have relatively low levels of nutrients, are typically relatively clear, and have good hypolimnion waters during summer thermal stratification.

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