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July 7, 2024

Steve Griffin: For fun, you can’t beat a drum!

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.
But for a seemingly increasing number of anglers, particularly on Great Lakes piers such as those on Lake Michigan at Grand Haven, the drum is a native species hard to – pardon the pun – beat.

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Heat of summer? Tie on a topwater for great bass action on these Ohio waters

What is more exciting than seeing a bass smash your lure? Not much, not when a topwater bite is hot. It has been a summertime ritual for generations. Shallow water is where much of the action is, those places affected the most by weather, physical cover, and boat traffic.
Mechanics play a role as well, the moving parts of a lure that transmit sound. Water pushing surfaces too, such as a cupped face, creating pressure waves when retrieved.

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Mike Schoonveld: Can fish get school immunity?

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 a population has been exposed to (and survived) diseases caused by pathogenic germs and viruses.
Fortunately, herd immunity is real in fish and wildlife populations. Perhaps in fish it should be called “school immunity.”

Mike Schoonveld: Can fish get school immunity? Read More »

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