Salmon fishing is taking off as the fish move closer to shore in preparation for their river runs. Fishing is hot for them on the lakes, too, as it is for most other species in fisheries across the state.
The Michigan DNR has a new director. Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointment of M. Scott Bowen to the top position at the agency.
He replaces Dan Eichinger, who was transferred to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy as acting director in December, then took a position in April as vice president of governmental and external affairs with Ferris State University.
Some fish are starting to move into their fall patterns. Here’s how it’s impacting the fishing.
When you make a list of the game fish available in Oakland County’s Lake Orion, all of the above make the grade. And thanks to a long-time stocking program by the Michigan DNR, you can include walleyes on the list.
The state has been stocking walleyes in the 470-acre lake since the late 1990s, and that effort has produced a decent fishery. You probably won’t limit out, but you just might catch enough ’eyes for a decent meal.
When the 2023 archery deer season opens a half hour before sunrise on October 1, Michigan bowhunters can expect a pretty good chance at tagging a whitetail, especially in the southern Lower Peninsula, according to DNR big game managers.
“Like previous years, our archery season is shaping up to be a good one across much of the state. Deer numbers remain high with very few exceptions in the SLP. Hunters with access should be able to set up on deer sign and have activity on many of their hunts,” Chad Stewart, the DNR’s deer, elk and moose specialist told Michigan Outdoor News.
Access can be a wild card in the SLP since about 90% of the deer range there is privately owned.
The number is growing of groups and individuals opposed to the Biden Administration’s recent announcement that it was pulling federal funding for hunter education classes and the archery in the schools program is growing.
Gun Owners of America, not surprisingly, recently issued a press release opposing the action. Forbes contributor Chris Dorsey took it a little further when he wrote an article last month entitled, “Experts warn defunding school hunting and archery programs will contribute to mental health crisis.”
Caribou Lake in Michigan’s eastern Chippewa County has gone through a transition.
In the 1980s and ’90s it had a reputation as a good lake for large predators including walleyes and smallmouth bass, even some stocked tiger muskies. By the early 2000s, the predator population had dwindled and smaller panfish had commandeered the lake.
The Biden Administration didn’t do American schoolkids any favors recently when it announced it was pulling federal funding for hunter education classes and the very popular archery in the schools program.
Panfish, bass, and northern pike occur naturally in this 1,942-acre impoundment and walleyes and muskies have been stocked for years.
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