DNR Report

Lansing — Anglers heading out for the trout season opener at the end of the month will have portions of nearly 40 Upper Peninsula trout streams where an additional five brook trout may be kept as part of the daily bag limit. The new regulation approved last fall added a suite of 36 streams, or […]

Sandusky, Ohio — Lake Erie anglers should experience another year of diverse fishing opportunities in 2018, according to Ohio DNR. Great walleye hatches from 2014 and 2015 are expected to contribute to exceptional fishing opportunities in Lake Erie this year. Anglers pursuing yellow perch in Lake Erie’s Western Basin will likely find excellent numbers and

St. Paul — Since the late 1990s, Lake Mille Lacs has become an increasingly popular destination for anglers who want to catch trophy-size smallmouth bass. Until now, it wasn’t known how many of these fish – prized more for their fight than their fillets – called the lake home. A population estimate completed in 2018

St. Paul — Cold winters with abundant snowfall can lead to fish die-offs, and the Minnesota DNR has already taken reports of this process, known as winterkill, occurring in lakes near Brainerd, Hinckley, and the Twin Cities areas. “While seeing lots of dead fish can be disconcerting, we remind people that winterkill is normal and

Allegan, Mich. — An Allegan County man has pleaded guilty to deer poaching as the result of a DNR investigation. Colton Anderson, 22, of Plainwell was sentenced Jan. 18 in Allegan County 57th District Court to 60 days in jail, $30,250 in reimbursement to the state and the loss of hunting privileges for seven years.

Lansing — The Michigan DNR Wildlife Disease Laboratory and the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory announced they have confirmed that a free-ranging white-tailed deer in Genesee County has died from epizootic hemorrhagic disease. EHD is a viral disease, sometimes fatal, found in wild ruminants such as white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk. The disease

Madison — The 2017 North Zone duck season opens Sept. 23, and above average breeding conditions and a relatively wet summer mean Wisconsin’s hunters can expect good hunting. “Conditions were above average this spring, and the entire state has seen abundant rainfall for most of the summer, with it starting to dry out heading into