Metro Area Fishing Report – April 13, 2025 – video
Open-water fishing is here and the fish (crappies) are biting. Here’s a breakdown on the current conditions and what’s working.
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April 13, 2025
Taking kids turkey hunting can be a blast, but there’s ways to do it right
It wasn’t long ago when the best way to introduce youngsters to hunting youngsters to hunting involved a .22 rifle and some squirrels. Or maybe a single-shot shotgun and some cottontails. Today, most kids get their first experiences as actual hunters by way of the spring turkey season.
This is great, but it’s a different animal altogether than taking out even a newbie adult (although some of the same rules apply).
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Mike Schoonveld: Are fish guts food, fertilizer, or garbage when a fish house isn’t available?
My first fishing trip of the season was successful. The cohos were in southern Lake Michigan, right on schedule, and my friend and I caught our limits plus a bonus brown trout.
This column isn’t about the baits, the place, or the other strategies that made a fun day on the lake. It’s about the work at the end of the trip. The marina we used has a fish cleaning station, but of course it wasn’t open.
Reader Stories: Being able to start a fire critical if you get lost
Years ago, I had a book of outdoor stories by Ted Trueblood. He wrote for various outdoor magazines. In that book were two stories that stuck with me: The first: “How Not to Get Lost.” The second: “Lost!.”
Two pieces of advice he gave were, “The friendly woods at 8 a.m. can become terrifying at 4 p.m,” and “When you go into the woods always be prepared to spend the night.”
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