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Federal judge rules on Michigan consent decree

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Federal Judge Paul Maloney has approved the agreement between the tribes, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the federal government regarding the Treaty of 1836, setting the stage for tribal commercial fishing regulations for the next 24 years.
The decree “respects and promotes tribal fishing rights and opportunities yet it also preserves the Great Lakes fishery and recognizes the shared natural resource,” Maloney wrote in his 139-page opinion. The judge essentially agreed to the document negotiated between four of the tribes and the DNR while rejecting objections of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe and the Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources.

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No time for northern pike? You might want to reconsider

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When I was a kid, which is getting to be quite a while ago now, northern pike were important game fish.
Part of that, I think, is that if you wanted to catch a big fish, pike were your best bet. That was before salmon were here, steelhead were a lot smaller than they get now, and muskies were rarer than honest politicians. But pike gave you a chance at an eight- or 10-pound (or even bigger) fish.

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After a down stretch, Michigan’s Lake St. Clair giving up limits of walleyes again

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Back in the 1960s, Lake St. Clair was the place to go to fish for walleyes in southeast Michigan. Lake Erie? It was unaffectionately known as the Dead Sea, a polluted sump that caught fire (actually it was the tributary Cuyahoga River) in 1969.
Much has changed over the past six decades. These days, Lake Erie is recognized as perhaps the best walleye fishery in the world. And Lake St. Clair? For a long time it was an afterthought to walleye fishermen.

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Michigan’s drumming surveys point to average grouse hunt in 2023

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Grouse hunters should expect average to slightly below average flush rates this fall based on spring drumming surveys, said Adam Bump, the upland gamebird specialist with the Michigan DNR. But Bump acknowledges that he’s got thin data to make that prognostication.
“Keep in mind that we didn’t do these surveys for five or six years,” he said. “It’s a little hard to do a direct comparisons without more data points.”

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Picking a puppy is no easy task

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If you are a small game hunter – upland birds, waterfowl, rabbits, maybe even squirrels – odds are good that you have (or at least want to have) a dog. Or dogs. It’s some of the most fun you can have outdoors. 
I like pointing dogs, personally. My first dog was a Lab; at the time I got him, I was heavy into waterfowl hunting. And who doesn’t like a Lab? But as I evolved as a sportsman, I gravitated toward upland birds and it was only natural to switch to a pointing dog.

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Survey shows Michigan steelhead anglers satisfied with fishery

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Michigan steelhead anglers are pretty satisfied with the state of the fishery according to a recent mail survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. And the DNR is glad to hear it.
“Most respondents were satisfied or really satisfied,” Seth Herbst explained. “What you usually get is a bell-shaped curve right in the middle. What we got is a curve where the highest concentration was satisfied to very satisfied.”

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Fishing the Hex hatch in Michigan: Both maddening and magical

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We noticed the mayflies in the air at around 10:30 p.m. and within minutes the fish were feeding.
There was a pair that sounded like good ones feeding within earshot – one upstream, one downstream – and Jory Dirkse suggested we try the upstream fish first. He maneuvered his drift boat slightly from where he was anchored midstream on the Pere Marquette River to give me a better angle and there was just enough moonlight to see a splash as it fed.

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