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Jeff Nedwick

Michigan’s Mike Kelly is the champion the Saginaw Bay watershed needs

Featured, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion /

The 7,000 miles of rivers that flow through the 8,700 square miles of the Saginaw Bay watershed have a long history of ecological calamity.
Dioxins in the Tittabawassee River, PFAS in the Shiawassee River, and agricultural contamination of the Cass and Flint rivers are only a few of the unintended consequences of industrialization that have plagued the watershed during the past century. Fish living within this ecologically tormented watershed need a champion – someone who tirelessly advocates for the restoration of their habitat and defends against future threats.

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We Fixin’ to Fish organization promotes fishing to inner city youth in Michigan

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

A quick count of out-of-state license plates in the parking lot of any Great Lakes public access site will confirm what most Michigan anglers already know: People travel to enjoy some of the best freshwater fisheries in the world.
Michigan anglers can be forgiven for sometimes taking this access for granted, but many would be surprised to learn that most young people who live within walking distance of the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, or Lake Erie have never been fishing.

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Jigging up deep-water lake trout a more dependable go-to tactic these days

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

Catching lake trout scattered across Lake Superior’s 31,700 square miles can seem like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, thanks to technological advances and a remarkable recovery of the lake trout fishery, the task is now much less daunting.
Biologists, anglers, and Mother Nature herself have worked together during the past few decades to put more needles – in the form of lake trout – in the haystack.

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Sportsman profile: Whether it’s fishing, hunting or shooting, Michigan’s George Poy is all in

Featured, Features, Fishing, Hunting, Michigan, National Fishing, National Hunting /

Most people who love the outdoors are happy to be able to carve a day or two per month from their day jobs to dabble in their favorite outdoor activity.
Some even manage to parlay their love of the outdoors into a part-time “side hack.” Michigan’s George Poy is one of the few people who manage to perform at an elite level at both. An expert in seemingly any field he chooses to pursue, Poy is a dentist by trade, and an expert in a wide range of outdoor activities.

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Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is an untapped gem for smallmouth

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

Copper mining in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula ended decades ago but one hidden gem remains: a nearly untapped bronzeback (aka smallmouth) bass fishery that rivals the best the state has to offer.
The Keweenaw area is known mostly for great lake trout and walleye fishing, but it’s quietly experiencing a smallmouth bass Bronze Age – an age when the bass fishery is booming but remains off the radar of major fishing tournaments. The result is great fishing with relatively little pressure.

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Sportsman profile: Dan Kimmel is Michigan’s bass fishing ambassador

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

Bass fishing – especially tournament bass fishing – is extremely popular in Michigan. Driven in large part by its tremendous smallmouth bass fishery (especially in the Great Lakes and connected waters) nearly 65,000 anglers participated in 2,700 bass fishing tournaments in 2023.
While these numbers highlight the growing popularity of bass fishing, they also shine a light on the importance of protecting this valuable fishery. Despite the seemingly endless opportunities to catch trophy bass in Michigan, bass (and the anglers who target them), need an advocate. Fortunately, former bass tournament pro Dan Kimmel has been happy to fill the role.

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Lake Michigan’s storm of ’67: What have we learned from tragedy?

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

Fall is here and once again outdoor enthusiasts are overwhelmed with hunting and fishing opportunities.
The arrival of coho salmon in the Great Lakes added yet another option in the autumn of 1967 – an option that has repeatedly been one of the most popular.
The return of coho salmon to Michigan’s Platte Bay in the fall of ’67 was the culmination of Howard Tanner’s dream. The director of fisheries for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at the time, Tanner had been working for years to prove the viability of a Pacific salmon fishery in the Great Lakes. But such sudden popularity had a dark side, and includes a tragedy worth recounting as anglers again head out on the Great Lakes for fall salmon runs.

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Lead core line still productive for walleyes

Featured, Features, Fishing, Fishing, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing, New York, Ohio /

Successful trolling for walleye is an exercise in efficiency. The more efficient anglers are at keeping the maximum number of lures in front of the fish, the more success they will have.
During a recent Michigan DNR walleye fishing school on Saginaw Bay, walleye fishing guru and Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame member Mark Martin put on a clinic in efficiency by teaching students an often-overlooked trolling method: running crankbaits behind lead-core line.

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Michigan’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman program leader thrives on outdoors experiences

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

Despite being born in the heart of wild country in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and surrounded by friends and family members who hunted and fished, Michelle Douglas didn’t form a meaningful connection to the outdoors until adulthood.
Like many women, Douglas’ early missed outdoor opportunities were not borne of a lack of desire, but a lack of opportunities.

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