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Mike Schoonveld: Coast Guard does about-face in regards to emergency signaling equipment

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

I can’t remember the exact number of Independence Days I’ve spent on boats.
Now, it’s often on my boat, a friend’s boat, and decades ago it was on my dad’s boat. Fishing is often on the menu these days, but when I was kid, water skiing and tubing were more important than fishing – at least in the midday hours.

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Mike Schoonveld: Some good news on contaminants in Great Lakes fish – imagine that

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

Shortly after salmon were stocked in the Great Lakes to take advantage of the overabundance of invasive alewives, health experts warned, “Don’t eat the fish. They are contaminated with DDT, Toxaphene, Chlordane and other chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides.”
I was thankful for this information, but Instead of just crossing the Great Lakes off my list of places to fish, I dug a bit deeper.

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Mike Schoonveld: Old technology could stem carp invasion to the Great Lakes

Leave a Comment / Discussions, Featured, Home Page News, Michigan, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion /

Anglers and boaters are still waiting for a definitive solution to stemming the tide of Asian carp eventually gaining access to the Great Lakes.
Most are hoping cash-strapped governments will pony up the billion-plus dollars it will take to get the Brandon Road Project completed. The chances of that happening goes down as the cost estimates go up.

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Mike Schoonveld: Anti-fishing group seeks ban on minnows for bait

4 Comments / Discussions, Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Michigan, National Fishing, Opinion /

In general, animal welfare (aka animal rights) groups exist for two reasons. One, to provide jobs for the founders and leaders of the groups.
Reason two is to alleviate what they allege to be unwarranted abuse of fish or wildlife. If you look at the salaries and lifestyles of the founders and executives of these organizations, you’ll quickly learn these two reasons are not equally important.

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Mike Schoonveld: Want to give the gift of a fishing trip in 2026? Here’s what to know

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

There are many occasions each year that gifts are gifted or exchanged.
With Christmas in the rear view mirror consider birthdays, anniversaries, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day to name a few. Choosing the perfect gift can be tough. If you are in the position of needing a special gift for any occasion and the gift recipient happens to be an ardent angler, here’s a perfect gift.

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Mike Schoonveld: Sky high skunk prices predicted for trappers

Blogs, Featured, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, Opinion /

Though every trap I set each trapping season is positioned to catch one particular species of furbearer, sometimes I’m surprised.
If I set a trap for a raccoon, it’s likely to catch an opossum. When I set a trap for a coyote, occasionally, I’ll catch a fox. I’ve caught muskrats in beaver traps and mink in muskrat traps.

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Mike Schoonveld: Game fish spearing expanded in Michigan… Hooray!

3 Comments / Discussions, Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Michigan, Opinion /

Michigan has a long history of creating rules and regulations designed to increase opportunities for hunters, anglers, and other outdoor lovers.
Most recently, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission expanded the places where underwater spearfishing for walleyes, northern pike, and lake trout will be allowed. Good for them! Michigan has often been the leader when it comes to fish and game regulations and now they are showing the way by promoting participation in this little-known fishing adventure.

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Mike Schoonveld: Rearing ponds giving Great Lakes’ whitefish a chance

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

The last living passenger pigeon hatched in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo. Her parents had been born in the wild and put in the zoo for noble reasons.
The thousands of passenger pigeons that formerly migrated over Cincinnati were no more. In fact, the species was on the road to extinction. The captive pigeons became the only way for anyone to see a live one. More importantly, it was hoped the offspring from captive, wild parents, would someday be able to reestablish wild flocks.

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Mike Schoonveld: A win-win bill for Michigan anglers

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Late last year I wrote a column about a proposal that would allow anglers fishing from boats in the Great Lakes to pay an extra fee that would allow them to fish with more than three rods per person. The exact details weren’t completely ironed out.
One version would allow a solo angler, who had paid for the special privilege, to fish with up to six rods. Those three “extra” rods would have been the limit per boat.

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