Michigan rescue highlights importance of ice safety
DNR Report
January 31, 2023
A 21-year-old man from Grant spent more than 30 minutes in Blanch Lake in mid-January after he fell through about an inch of ice.
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Michigan’s U.P. wolf pack tally has been stable for years
DNR Report
January 31, 2023
Wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources released their findings of the latest Michigan gray wolf survey in January, and results from 2022 show a population of 631 in the Upper Peninsula.
Ice tournament circuit suspends 2023 season
Brian Mozey
January 25, 2023
By Brian Mozey Staff Writer St. Paul — The North American Ice Fishing Circuit (NAIFC) has suspended its 2023 season, effective Jan. 18, according to the NAIFC Facebook page. The organization made the announcement via
One final waterfowl hunt was a good way to end the Michigan season
Bob Gwizdz
January 23, 2023
The final day of Michigan’s season was a perfect morning for duck hunting, dark and foggy with a stiff wind. After we’d set up a couple dozen duck decoys and twice that many full bodied
Size makes a difference when targeting walleyes with jigging spoons
Mike Gnatkowski
January 19, 2023
Not all jigging spoons are created equal. How spoons are manufactured – and their weight – determines their rate of fall and how we’ll fish them.
Whether a spoon is stamped, poured, or cast
Mandatory registration providing lots of deer data in Michigan
Alan Campbell
January 18, 2023
Early results from Michigan’s initiation into mandatory reporting of deer harvests show general acceptance of the system, a need to evaluate a discrepancy with previous statewide deer kill estimates, and a new set of deer
2022 one of the safest years on record for Michigan hunters
Bill Parker
January 18, 2023
As of Dec. 15, the last time the DNR’s Michigan Hunting Related Incident Summary 2022 had been updated, there were just three hunting incidents and no fatalities in all of 2022 and just one during
Michigan’s inland cisco fisheries abound
Bill Ziegler
January 18, 2023
The cisco typically is found in relatively deep cold well oxygenated lakes with good deeper water summer habitat (Hypolimnion). Lakes that can support trout and whitefish are usually classified as oligotrophic, which have relatively low
No bond given for murder suspects in Michigan hunting case
Victor Skinner
January 16, 2023
A judge has denied bond for two men charged in the 2018 death of a hunter in Bath Township.
Clinton County District Court Judge Michael Clarizio has denied bond for Thomas Olson and Robert
