State fisheries officials revived the trout stocking program in Big Twin in 2023 and hope anglers will now target them. In 2023, DNR Fisheries Division personnel stocked Big Twin with 9,270 rainbow trout that averaged 7.54 inches in length, and another 165 rainbows that averaged 12.
Stocking of trout resumes at Big Twin Lake in Michigan’s Kalkaska County Read More »
On the heels of success with the Best Buck Photo Contest, Michigan Outdoor News is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring our inaugural 2025 Best Turkey Photo Contest for all of you turkey hunters out there.
With the overwhelming support of our co-sponsor, the Michigan Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation – who rounded up all the fantastic prizes – we’re encouraging Michigan’s spring turkey hunters to take a minute or two after tagging your gobbler to set up a nice photo of you and your tom.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will get $38.7 million from the federal government through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program.
Funds supporting this program are generated through self-imposed excise taxes paid by sportsmen and sportswomen on a variety of hunting, fishing, and boating goods. This year’s allocation is $1.1 million less than last year.
Michigan DNR will get $38 million in federal excise taxes Read More »
Check out the super-hot perch bite here – but tread lightly as the ice here is starting to deteriorate. And the walleyes are turning on here.
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – March 28, 2025 – video Read More »
With a full head of steam, I was putting on the finishing touches of this edition of Michigan Outdoor News when I realized my 3-year-old German shorthaired pointer, Scout, was stirring up quite a commotion.
I work from a home office on the lower level of my home and he was in the kitchen upstairs – a room he knows he’s forbidden from visiting. He and my wife, Jenny, apparently were tussling over possession of a bag of organic cacao powder.
The main requirements for a lake to support trout are that it must be deep and have oxygenated water in those depths. And that deep water must stay cool enough during the summer for trout to survive. Some lakes have the deep water, but not the oxygen levels or water temperatures trout need.
A shortened early teal season and an increased pintail daily bag limit are the two major changes proposed for the 2025-26 waterfowl season in Michigan
The Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division submitted its proposal for this year’s season to the state Natural Resources Commission at the March 13 NRC meeting in Grand Rapids. The proposal is available for public comment and review through the Commission’s April 10 meeting at Lansing Community College West Campus, at which time the proposal will be up for NRC action.
Photographs of a pair of cougar kittens confirmed to have been taken in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula have created more questions than answers, but it has also created quite a stir in Ontonagon County and beyond.
The Michigan DNR announced on March 13 that it had confirmed a pair of cougar kits in Ontonagon County. The photographs were submitted by a local resident there who took the pictures on private property. The kits were seen and photographed without their mother.
“We’re taking it all in. Right now there are very few knowns. We’re hoping to get more pictures,” Brian Roell, the state’s large carnivore specialist.
The ice is falling apart across most of the state. But those who are able to find safe ice and get out are catching some nice perch in this hot spot.
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – March 14, 2025 – video Read More »
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