
Michigan Fishing Report – April 2, 2025
Pier anglers using spawn caught steelhead and brown trout in good numbers here.

Pier anglers using spawn caught steelhead and brown trout in good numbers here.

Check out the super-hot perch bite here – but tread lightly as the ice here is starting to deteriorate. And the walleyes are turning on here.

If you spend enough time on a trout stream chasing browns, rainbows or brookies, you’ll inevitably come across three different types of trout fishermen.
There are those who cast flies, those who dunk worms

If you live anywhere close to a river that has walleyes, you probably can’t wait to get the fishing season started.
River walleye behavior in early spring is driven by many factors including water

Once upon a time, Chuck, an employee at a company that manufactured Dacron fishing line, popped into his supervisor’s office on a Monday morning and said, “Hey boss, got a minute? I’ve got an idea

Anglers and other travelers to Canadian provinces who were fretting at the prospect of delays and added costs upon reaching border crossings, can, for now, breathe easier.
On Thursday, March 27, Ontario resorters and

In a huge victory for public land owners, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers on March 18 applauds the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that affirmed the right to “corner-cross” to

Back in the day, when I was a full-time outdoor scribe and was out there as many days as not, I used to joke that ice fishing was the price I had to pay to

Current Fisheries Division Chief Randy Claramunt hadn’t yet reached 10 years of age in January of 1979 when the Michigan Department of Natural Resources published an internal report titled “Hunting and Fishing Licenses: Why the
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