
Tips on being deadly with deadsticks
Unattended lines are called deadsticks when ice fishing. They can be tip-ups, tip-downs, Slammers, bobbers, or just a rod in a holder. Either way, deadsticks increase your odds and your ability to catch fish.

Unattended lines are called deadsticks when ice fishing. They can be tip-ups, tip-downs, Slammers, bobbers, or just a rod in a holder. Either way, deadsticks increase your odds and your ability to catch fish.

After only 65 minutes of fishing, this year’s sturgeon season on Black Lake (in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties) ended at 9:05 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.

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Angling for walleyes there will continue as if it were still March 15, until this year the

Starting this year, solar panels will be installed at state fish hatcheries, contributing to paying the bills and producing electricity to help rear fish.
Starting in the southern part of the state in March

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The Michigan DNR is proposing a slight increase in the desired state bear harvest for the next two years, though with fewer licenses in many bear management units.

I was heartened to see at least one duck hunter on social media encourage bird watchers to buy federal waterfowl stamps to ensure that redheads and other waterfowl continue to thrive.

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