Michigan Fishing Report – August 7, 2024
The panfish bite here has picked up, and a state record river redhorse was found bowfishing.
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August 7, 2024
Mentored turkey hunts provide opportunity, gateway to hunting
While the author’s son, Ronny, had hunted turkeys in the past, he hadn’t yet scored – until this spring, when he hunted by way of a mentoring program sponsored by the Sand Dunes Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. The youth was able to shoot his first turkey, a jake, on the third day of the hunt on Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
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Sportsmen’s Alliance sues CDC on dog-import rule
On Wednesday, Aug. 7, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to rescind a new rule restricting the importation of dogs into the United States.
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Big changes for Little Rock Lake benefit fish, fish habitat in Minnesota’s Benton County
There aren’t many lakes to choose from in Benton County, but from a fishing standpoint, Little Rock Lake is the best of the lot. At more than 1,300 acres, it’s also the largest lake in the immediate area, and it’s located right off Highway 10 between St. Cloud and Rice.
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Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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Court says Minnesota’s ban on gun carry permits for young adults unconstitutional
Minnesota’s law that bans people ages 18 to 20 from getting permits to carry guns in public is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled July 16, affirming a lower court decision that concluded the Second Amendment guarantees the rights of young adults to bear arms for self-defense.
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Minnesota DNR invites conversations about all wildlife
Wildlife managers with the Minnesota DNR are inviting the public to talk about wildlife in local Minnesota DNR offices across the state from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15.
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Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: CO attends International Police Mountain Biking Association training
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Erosion control aids Wild Rice River water quality in Minnesota
The Becker Soil and Water Conservation District has worked with landowners to install more than 660 water- and sediment-control basins during the past 20 years. The projects were slow to catch on at first, but interest in the basins surged as farmers saw how well they mended gullies and curbed erosion.
“It’s a night-and-day difference. It went from a washout that was 6 feet deep to (now) we farm across it and there’s absolutely no problem with it as far as erosion whatsoever,” Riceville Township farmer Tom Bergren said of a multi-basin project spanning his field and a neighbor’s field upstream.
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