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December 17, 2024

Outdoor Observations: Fee increases for Michigan hunting, fishing licenses not a given after all?

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Apparently the proposed hunting and fishing license fee increase in Michigan will not be a slam dunk.
Legislators generally don’t like to vote on controversial bills – like raising fees – before an election. The best time for that occurs after an election during the “lame duck” session that follows – between the election and Jan. 1 when newly elected legislators take over. Sponsored by Amos O’Neal (D-Saginaw) House Bill 6229 was introduced in the current lame duck session.

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Salt Fork Lake isn’t a bad option for wintertime fishing in Guernsey County, Ohio

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Ohio /

Located in Ohio’s Wildlife District Four is beautiful Salt Fork Lake. Positioned smack dab in the middle of our largest state park, Salt Fork is typically a bustling place all summer long. Recreational boaters and jet skis can often outnumber anglers 10 to one during the “on” season.
As the temperature cools and fall inches closer to winter, the recreational activity becomes increasingly lethargic. The only thing warming up on the lake at this point is the fishing.

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Ohio Division of Wildlife biologist leads effort to define smallmouth bass movements on Lake Erie

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During an Ohio Sea Grant-hosted webinar presentation on Nov. 21, Zak Slagle, one of the fisheries biologists at the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Fisheries Research Station at Sandusky, shared some early observations of a smallmouth bass study that he is overseeing.
As part of the study, more than 200 smallmouth bass have received internal acoustic transmitters in order to plot their migration patterns in Lake Erie.

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Illegal snagging of fish remains an issue on Michigan rivers

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Michigan, National Fishing, National News, News /

In the latter half of September, conservation officers in southwest Michigan issued more than a half dozen tickets to anglers for foul-hooking or snagging salmon, or trying to net the fish.
The tickets stemmed from patrols of conservation officers in the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement’s District 7, and it was a similar situation in District 4.
“CO Zack Walters and Sgt. Dan Bigger were patrolling the Platte River and observed three adults and two children fishing,” according to DNR reports. “The adults were targeting coho and attempting to snag each fish they saw with their headlamps.”

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Pittsburgh-area Christmas Bird Count, set for Dec. 28, ‘turns up birds not normally found here’

Featured, Home Page News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Pennsylvania /

For many Pennsylvanians, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, now in its 125th year, is as much a part of the holidays as gingerbread men and tinsel-laden trees.
Held annually throughout the western hemisphere from mid-December through Jan. 5, it is the longest-running community bird-science project in the United States, providing valuable data about population trends, ranges, and diversity.
The Pittsburgh-area count, which is always conducted Dec. 28, is one of the more popular in the country, said Brian Shema, Audubon director of operations at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve in suburban Pittsburgh.

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