An oil pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy and running beneath Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, ruptured near the town of Marshall on July 25, 2010 creating the largest on-land oil spill in American history. Before it was contained, close to 1 million gallons of crude oil seeped into the creek and eventually the Kalamazoo River.
Northern pike plentiful in Kalamazoo County’s Morrow Lake in Michigan Read More »
Reader interaction is welcomed here at Outdoor News. Whether it’s a letter to the editor or a picture of hunting or fishing success, we love to hear from you.
One of our most anticipated interactions is our annual Best Buck Photo Contest. With archery deer season in full swing it’s time to think about taking that picture of a lifetime and entering it in the 25th annual Michigan Outdoor News Best Buck Photo Contest.
This fall’s first frost can’t get here soon enough for deer hunters in southwest Lower Michigan.
That’s where a nasty outbreak of dreaded epizootic hemorrhagic disease has been confirmed and has been killing healthy whitetails since early September.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said hunter Kyle Ender of Van Buren County. “I hunt in Berrien, Van Buren, and Cass counties and at just about every waterway you can smell death.”
Michigan EHD cases continuing to spread with 2,000 dead deer reported Read More »
Salmon are in the rivers. On inland lakes, some good reports, too. Some of the hottest bites of the year.
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – September 27, 2024 – video Read More »
At its September meeting in Lansing, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission was presented with several proposed fishing regulations ranging from protection of whitefish and sturgeon to size reductions for bass and pike in some lakes and an increase in the muskie size limit in others.
Upper Herring Lake is a 540-acre, relatively oval lake located about five miles south of Frankfort, in Benzie County. It offers good fishing for a variety of species.
“Upper Herring is a shallow, weedy lake, but it has good bass and walleye populations, and everything in between,” says David Rose, of Wildfishing Guide Service.
Stocked walleyes enhance Upper Herring’s fishery in Michigan’s Benzie County Read More »
Baseball legend Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over ‘till it’s over.” That famous quote could certainly apply to the recent Michigan Natural Resources Commission decision to make the Liberty and Independence hunts for antlerless deer only.
Since voting 4-3 at its July meeting to change the bag limit to antlerless-only for those hunts beginning in 2025, the commission has received considerable push-back from both disabled hunters and those supporting the youth hunt.
Salmon are in the rivers and are accessible.
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – September 16, 2024 Read More »
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.
Michigan’s Lake Ovid produces impressive crop of Master Angler fish in Clinton County Read More »
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