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Mike Schoonveld

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

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

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!

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

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

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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Mike Schoonveld: There’s a better solution to keep invasive carp from the Great Lakes

When new heads of agencies controlled by the executive branch of the federal government were appointed earlier this year, they came with a mandate to control spending. Simultaneously, a new agency called DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) led by billionaire Elon Musk was formed to seek out waste, fraud, and inefficiency and was given the power to eliminate federal jobs.
But DOGE didn’t attack these problems with much finesse.

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Mike Schoonveld: Beat freezer burn with a smarter approach to storing your fillets

Since my kids were little, most Friday night dinners at my house have been “Fishy Fridays.” Now I’m a grandpa and the grandkids know if they’re at my house on a Friday evening, they’re going to have fish for supper as well.
Fresh fish is best, but though I fish a lot, I can’t guarantee enough recently-caught fish will be available to provide a meal for my wife, my family, friends or even myself every Friday. So, I head for the deep freeze.

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Mike Schoonveld: Time to feed those invasive carp another plan

If the first person to import Asian carp to North America was a Star Trek fan, when he turned them loose perhaps he repeated the traditional Vulcan phrase Mr. Spock often used, “Live long and prosper.” Regardless of the send-off, the first batch of Asian carp did live long and are still prospering – especially the prospering part.
Since that day, fisheries biologists have adopted a different phrase that dates back to the Crusades, “Kill them all and let God sort them out.” That didn’t work out as well as the Vulcan greeting.

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