Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – August 1, 2024 – video
Fish are in their summer patterns and, overall, the fishing has been good all across the state.
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Outdoor museum and education center opens in Clare, Michigan, highlighting hunting as conservation
The ribbon was cut and the doors opened officially on July 24 at the 16,400-square-foot Jay’s & Webber Wildlife & Education Center in Clare. The center is adjacent to the 90,000-square-foot Jay’s Sporting Goods on South Clare Avenue.
The center actually opened with limited hours on July 5, but the official opening came a couple weeks later.
“We want to share the story of Wayne Webber,” a conservationist and skilled hunter, “who donated 244 full-sized mounts for use in the museum, and be a beacon for providing outdoor stewardship,” Matt Poet, son of owner Jeff Poet and a member of the center’s advisory board, told Michigan Outdoor News.
Stocked walleyes supplementing a good fishery on Thousand Island Lake in Michigan’s Gogebic County
With a relatively remote setting in the western Upper Peninsula and strong populations of walleye, pike, and panfish, Gogebic County’s Thousand Island lake is a fisherman’s paradise.
Supplemental stocking by the local lake association helps maintain a viable walleye fishery. There also are a lot of northern pike in Thousand Island Lake, but most are on the small side. Because of consistent complaints about the undersized pike there is currently no size limit for pike on Thousand Island Lake and a daily possession limit of five, only one of which may be 24 inches or larger.
Outdoor Observations: Survey seeks to better understand the demand for elk licenses in Michigan
The Michigan DNR and Michigan State University have teamed up on a survey of hunters who have applied for an elk permit.
The survey is part of a graduate student’s master’s thesis to try to understand the demand for elk licenses in Michigan.
They’re emailing the survey to people who applied for an elk permit in the past and provided an email address, according to MSU researcher, professor Frank Lupi. I completed the survey in a few minutes, but was concerned about a couple questions regarding one’s preferred choices for a license if an auction was held for a few elk licenses to raise money for elk research.
Michigan DNR to draw down Cornwall impoundment
The effort to save Cornwall Creek Flooding continues.
Cornwall Creek Flooding covers 167 acres. It rests in the middle of the fabled 110,000-acre Pigeon River Country State Forest, the largest block of continuous public land in the Lower Peninsula. The flooding is managed as a non-motorized fishing and recreation area. It’s popular with anglers, kayakers and horseback riders.
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Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – July 19, 2024 – video
Summer fishing is going strong on inland lakes across the state. And the bass fishing on this lake is on fire.
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Good fishing, ambiance lure anglers to Nichols Lake in Michigan’s Newaygo County
Good fishing, sandy beaches, a primitive campground, and a relatively remote setting in the Manistee National Forest combine to make Nichols Lake worth a look this summer.
Located in northwest Newaygo County about 20 miles south of the town of Baldwin, Nichols Lake is part of the Lake Michigan, Pere Marquette River and Big South Branch of the Pere Marquette River watersheds.
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Outdoor Observations: New wildlife museum open to the public in Clare, Michigan
A brand new wildlife museum and education center is open to the public adjacent to Jay’s Sporting Goods in Clare, Mich.
An agreement between Jay and Jeff Poet, owners of Jay’s Sporting Goods in Clare and Gaylord, and philanthropist Wayne Webber has brought Webber’s collection of some 300-plus game mounts to a new facility in Clare. The 16,500-square-foot Jay’s & Webber Wildlife & Education Center opened to the public on Friday, July 5. The nonprofit center is set to educate and entertain both kids and adults about wildlife, conservation, and the important role hunters play in conservation.
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Michigan Natural Resources Commission approves deer regulation changes for 2024 and beyond
After months of meetings and work sessions, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission has approved deer regulation changes for 2024 and beyond.
The commission was considering numerous proposed changes to manage Michigan’s overpopulation of whitetails in the southern third of the state and a diminished number of deer in the northern haunts. At its meeting in Lansing last week, commissioners voted on multiple proposals from NRC commissioners, the DNR’s Wildlife Division staff, and from the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula Deer Management Initiative groups.
