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Michigan DNR expands hours of operation at some sites to allow for nighttime use

Featured, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing, National News, News /

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is changing the hours of operation at three sites to accommodate citizens’ use of the areas outside of the usual operating hours.
Many DNR launch ramps and parking areas are closed from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m., but increased interest in after-dark recreation – fishing and rock collecting – has caused the DNR to allow additional usage at the sites.

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No-mow May helps give pollinators a chance to pollinate

Michigan, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion /

Did you do No-Mow May?

I did. The concept, in case you haven’t heard, is to not mow your lawn until after May, so the pollinators (largely bees) can take advantage of the wildflowers that are so numerous in spring. Two Michigan cities that I know of officially endorsed the idea by announcing they would instruct code enforcement officers not to issue citations for uncut grass. (Can you guess which two?*)

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Three state properties in Michigan closed to target shooting

Featured, Hunting, Michigan, National News, News /

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is prohibiting target shooting on three properties in southwest Michigan because the shooting sites involve safety issues, potential resource damage, and conflicts with neighboring properties.
The properties – Three Rivers State Game Area, Cornish State Game Area, and Gordon Guyer-Augusta Creek State Wildlife Area – are all experiencing conflicts because of target shooting.

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Combo trips a hit on Michigan’s Saginaw Bay

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, Michigan /

So is Saginaw Bay a better walleye fishery or bass fishery? 
The walleye guys will tell you it’s no contest. But so will the bass guys. Back in May I set up a day with veteran Saginaw Bay fishing guide Bill Horton to go bass fishing. I brought one of my brothers with me, and when we showed up in the morning, Horton suggested we go out and catch a bunch of walleyes first, then go bass fishing.

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Michigan study shows no change in whitetail numbers due to APRs in CWD management zone

Featured, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, National News, News /

Antler point restrictions in the state’s chronic wasting disease zone in southwest Michigan did not significantly change the structure of the deer population, according to a recently concluded study conducted by the Department of Natural Resources in conjunction with Michigan State University.
The study, which employed 160 trail cameras across a number of townships to observe whitetailed deer, determined that the APRs shifted the harvest to adult deer slightly but did not significantly increase the antlerless deer harvest, which was one of the selling points of APR proponents.

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Time to update Michigan’s commercial fishing regulations

Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing, Opinion /

Andrew Hendrickson, who runs North Star Fishing Adventures out of Standish, Mich., was fishing along the west side of Saginaw Bay when he trolled past a commercial fishing net. When he took a closer look, he said he was completely ticked off by what was in it. He said he saw dead fish, many of them walleyes and pike, which were rotting in the net.“They were so dead they were white,” Hendrickson said. “They were all covered in algae. It was wanton waste. How could anyone do this?”

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White bass: Michigan’s other world-class fishery

Featured, Features, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing /

White bass rarely are mentioned on lists of Michigan’s top sport species, though the state’s fishery – primarily in the southeast corner of the state – is world-class.
They’re plentiful, grow as large here as they do anywhere, are willing biters, and can be caught by the boatload. White bass are primarily found in the Great Lakes and connecting waters in Michigan, most notably in the Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay systems.

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Sport-fishing advocacy group has cautious optimism on Michigan’s tribal consent decree

Featured, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing, National News, News /

Despite a recent court setback, the Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources – a group of sport fishing advocates that raised objections to the draft consent decree between Michigan’s American Indian tribes and the state of Michigan – is still “cautiously optimistic” about its chances of getting some relief from some of the agreed-upon provisions in the draft, said coalition President Tony Radjenovich.

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It’s crappie time in Michigan

Featured, Features, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing /

Spring is crappie time in Michigan.
Fishing for the prolific panfish is available year-round, but they are pretty well down the list of preferred spices except in spring. There are several reasons for that; chief among them is that they are far more difficult to pattern than their peers. Crappies have more of a tendency to suspend than other panfish and about the only time you really know where they are is in the spring, when they’re in the shallows to spawn.

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