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Mike Schoonveld

Mike Schoonveld: Crossover clothes for anglers and hunters

Blogs, Featured, Fishing, Hunting, Michigan, Opinion /

My son-in-law couldn’t get away to hunt in the early part of firearm deer season when the temperatures were warmer than normal. 
By the time he made time in his schedule it was the last few days of the season, and the temperatures had crashed to unseasonably cold levels. Not only were the temperatures in the lower teens but the wind was in the upper teens, creating wind chills down to below zero.

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Mike Schoonveld: Are carp good to eat? Yes, when prepared properly

Cooking, Featured, Fishing, Michigan, National Fishing, Opinion /

There are five species of invasive carp now entrenched in the Upper Midwest, though only the common carp and grass carp (an Asian carp) are found in Michigan.
Ironically, the taste of common carp, the one brought here for its great edibility, is far inferior as a food fish compared to silver, bighead, black, and grass carp. I’ve prepared some of these species and have eaten all of them.

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Mike Schoonveld: Extra rod license not included in Michigan DNR proposal, but should it be?

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

The recent announcement of the Michigan DNR’s proposed fishing license fee increases heading to the legislature has some bold requests. It also has some disappointments.
License fee requests are never popular with either license buyers or with many legislators. Inflation has bumped up the prices anglers pay for everything associated with fishing, from bait to boats. A license fee increase is just one more hit to their wallet.

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Mike Schoonveld: What’s next, plastic clouds? Researchers looking into it

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

The title of the vintage TV sitcom, 3rd Rock From The Sun, was a somewhat apt description of our planet.
The Earth is the third planet in our sun’s solar system and it’s mostly rock of various kinds. Earth also features water, metals and organic matter, but there is far more rock than anything else. The Earth’s rocks come in many sizes and forms.

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Mike Schoonveld: Do Michigan fish cleaning rules need changing?

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

At the end of successful fishing trip on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan, after the requisite photos were taken, the deckhand unsheathed a knife, plastic bags, and other fish-cleaning necessities and expertly dissected fillets off the salmon and trout we’d caught.
The fillets went into a plastic bag, and the carcasses and other offal were unceremoniously chucked overboard as the boat motored towards the distant shore.
I approached the captain and asked, “Is it legal to clean the fish and throw the carcasses back into the lake?”

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Mike Schoonveld: Fill the gas tank on your boat using a jiggle siphon hose

Blogs, Fishing, Gear & Gadgets, Michigan, National Fishing, Opinion /

I never saw a guy stuff five-dollar bills in a cigar box any quicker than the enterprising person in a simple booth at a boat show I attended years ago. There was a line of people waiting to hand over their fivers while they watched him demo a siphon hose that probably took him two minutes to make using about 50 cents worth of materials. 
Called a “jiggle siphon hose,” it only had three components.

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Mike Schoonveld: Get the net! But which one? Here’s what to consider

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

Whether you are fishing from a rowboat in a farm pond or on an offshore cruiser in the middle of a Great Lake, one of the most welcome phrases an angler can say is, “Get the net.” 
In most cases there’s no better tool than a net to complete the assignment. So, “get the net” – and get the right net. What’s right?

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Mike Schoonveld: Replacing regulated water repellents

Featured, Fishing, Gear & Gadgets, Hunting, Michigan, National Fishing, National Hunting /

Have you ever heard of “long-chain perfluorochemicals?” Probably not, but I bet you’ve used them. Often abbreviated PFCs, they were used in manufacturing thousands of everyday products like carpets, upholstery, non-stick cookware and outdoor gear – particularly items like raingear, backpacks, tents and other items that needed to be waterproof.
Unless you are one of the few avid outdoors-people still relying on rubberized or vinyl rainwear, chances are there are long-chain PFCs in your gear if it’s more than a few years old.

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Mike Schoonveld: Are pink salmon making a comeback in Lake Michigan?

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

Catching a pink salmon in northern Lake Huron or in the St. Marys River isn’t an uncommon occurrence. I don’t fish that area often, but I did catch one in the St. Marys on a brisk fall day just below the lock and dam at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Like most who caught them back them, I was underwhelmed. Our target was king salmon – hopefully a 20-pounder – not a tiny fish that weighed less than two pounds. This was just before the king salmon crash in Lake Huron so most anglers viewed the small pinks dangling at the end of their lines as a nuisance more than an opportunity.

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