Michigan Fishing Report – October 14, 2026
Michigan DNR
October 14, 2026
Panfish were active and plentiful in many lakes across the southeast Lower Peninsula.
Michigan
Hope for Farm Bill during 2026 lame-duck session?
Tori McCormick
October 14, 2026
The latest extension of the 2018 Farm Bill expired Sept. 30, leaving agricultural producers and the bill’s signature conservation measure, the Conservation Reserve Program, in limbo.
Conservation officials from several groups are imploring Congress
Nature Smart: The amazing migration along the Mississippi Flyway
Stan Tekiela
October 13, 2026
I check Birdcast.org most mornings to see the migration that took place overnight, and I’m always astounded by the sheer number of birds passing over while we sleep. Many follow well-established pathways called flyways, and
Commentary: Why some pheasants flush differently
Russ Mason
October 13, 2026
Put a pointer on a pheasant and the dog freezes.
Put a flushing dog into the same cover. The bird may explode from the grass seconds later.
Now change the pheasant. A wild
Backyard and Beyond: Autumn’s array
Val Cunningham
October 12, 2026
Lew Troast Jr. stopped at a highway rest stop recently, and found a small patch of milkweed, the single source of food for monarch butterfly caterpillars. He noted a large monarch cat chewing on the
Al Lindner: A borrowed boat and some perspective on forward-facing sonar
Al Lindner
October 9, 2026
Sometimes we put ourselves in unique situations, especially when it comes to fishing. I found myself in one of those just the other day. For a variety of reasons, I decided to sell my boat
Jack Ammerman: A night spent discovering Michigan’s river giants
Jack Ammerman
October 9, 2026
Former professional boxer Mike Hall called and invited me on a fishing trip, asking me if I’d ever caught a flathead catfish. I laughed and told him that I’d never even seen a flathead, let
Kristin Ojaniemi: Story of a rare color-phase bear from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Kristin Ojaniemi
October 8, 2026
It’s not too often you hear of a bear with fur other than black being seen or even harvested here in the Upper Peninsula, but this season a group of hound hunters in the Western
New vessel gives Michigan’s Great Lakes fisheries teams a tech tool
Marc Jenkins
October 8, 2026
Michigan DNR fisheries researchers have a new tool for studying the Great Lakes after a 66-foot research vessel was delivered this summer to the agency’s Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station.
The newly-commissioned Steelhead, built by
