Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – September 10, 2024
There are some salmon seen crashing outside the river mouth here.
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September 10, 2024
South Dakota Fishing Report – September 10, 2024 – video
Bittier seems to be the most consistent lake producing walleyes right now, but you still need to be selective.
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Michigan DNR encourages residents to report elk poaching incidents
Michigan’s first 2024 elk hunt is underway for those who were selected in this summer’s elk license drawing.
While the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wishes all hunters a safe, successful hunt, DNR law and wildlife officials encourage everyone to be alert to illegal hunting activity. Once considered extinct in the state by the late 1800s, elk now are a protected and highly managed species in Michigan.
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Habitat diversity attracts birds and birders to Iowa River Bird Conservation Area
Driving slowly along the two-track, generously labeled “340th Street” by Google Maps, Anna Buckardt Thomas has her windows down and is identifying each bird by its call. “House wren, red-winged blackbird, killdeer, goldfinch, catbird, flicker, cardinal, Eurasian tree sparrow, common yellowthroat,” the state avian ecologist said.
This stretch of the Otter Creek Wildlife Area, in Tama County, Iowa, is an eBird hotspot; a popular birding website and app that logs bird sightings for users and adds each individual’s bird records to the global data set.
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Michigan’s Lake Ovid produces impressive crop of Master Angler fish in Clinton County
If you’re looking for a Master Angler fish, you might consider dropping a line into Lake Ovid.
Since 1999, some 82 Master Angler awards have been presented to anglers from fish caught on the 400-acre Clinton County lake.
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Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the Sept. 13, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Individual lies to young anglers about being a conservation officer in Grand Traverse County
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Sept. 13, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Michigan DNR catches giant lake sturgeon in Lake St. Clair
For more then 150 million years, the species colloquially referred to as “living dinosaurs” have roamed Michigan waters. Today, a healthy population of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) swims in the St. Clair/Detroit River system, living much as they did when dinosaurs walked the Earth.
Every year, Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists and technicians conduct a survey in Lake St. Clair to estimate the number of lake sturgeon found in what some locals call the sixth Great Lake. This year they caught a monster.
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Conservation officer Joe Deppen honored as Shikar Safari Michigan Wildlife Officer of the Year
Michigan DNR conservation officer Joe Deppen was recognized as the 2023 Shikar Safari Michigan Wildlife Officer of the Year. The award, the highest state honor for conservation officers, is given annually.
