Michigan Fishing Report – August 13, 2025
Michigan DNR
August 13, 2025
Anglers reported catching good numbers of lake trout while trolling spoons and flasher flies here.
Fishing
Outdoor Observations: Social media reaction sours experience of setting Michigan’s new flathead catfish record
Bill Parker
August 13, 2025
We live in a world heavily dependent upon social media.
For many of our readers this is a far cry from how we grew up. It really wasn’t that long ago when you caught
Bob Gwizdz: How Lake Erie became a world class walleye fishery
Bob Gwizdz
August 13, 2025
Guys my age remember when Lake Erie was called the Dead Sea.
It was an amalgam of industrial waste and sewage, so polluted that one of its tributaries – the Cuyahoga River – actually
Michigan Mixed Bag: Trappers and Predator Callers 2025 Convention and Sports Show returns to Evart
Staff and News Reports
August 12, 2025
The Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers 2025 Convention and Sports Show returns Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16, to the Osceola County Fairgrounds, 101 Recreation Ave., Evart, MI 49631.
Brian Nesvik, past Wyoming fish and game director, confirmed as lead for USFWS
Staff Report
August 8, 2025
The past director of the Wyoming Fish and Game Department has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Brian Nesvik succeeds Paul Souza, who
Michigan Fishing Report – August 6, 2025
Michigan DNR
August 6, 2025
Boat anglers targeting salmon reported success on this fishery.
Steve Griffin: Boating fever hit from an early age and hasn’t gone away
Steve Griffin
August 3, 2025
It’s hard to forget what useful tools boats are, but let’s try, for now, to focus on the joys that boats offer, in themselves.
It’s apt. After all, Michigan’s at or near the top
Mike Schoonveld: Anglers go coast to coast in same day for great fishing on Michigan’s Great Lakes
Mike Schoonveld
August 1, 2025
I was intrigued when I saw a Facebook post highlighting an unplanned, coast to coast escapade made by three men from Hillsdale, Michigan.
Tim Parker, Mitch Lige, and Mark Sigler are all retired, all
Outdoor Observations: Michigan DNR names new deer, elk and moose specialist
Bill Parker
July 31, 2025
Congratulations to Brent Rudolph, the new deer, elk and moose specialist for the Michigan DNR.
Many of you might remember Brent since he worked for the DNR for 18 years, much of that time
