Michigan Fishing Report – April 16, 2025
Michigan DNR
April 16, 2025
Pier anglers here were landing steelhead and coho salmon on spawn in the mornings in good numbers and sizes.
Fishing
Fishing for springtime panfish can be super productive with the right plan
Joel Nelson
April 14, 2025
There’s no other season in fishing that rewards scouting, timing, and location knowledge as does spring. When it comes to chasing panfish – especially crappies and bluegills – it’s not just where you fish, but
Steve Griffin: Michigan trout anglers get a fresh start on Opening Day
Steve Griffin
April 14, 2025
Michigan trout season offers a real opening, going from no fishing to plenty of it. And, it just gets better and better.
We like fresh starts. The first day of school. Ash Wednesday or
Mike Schoonveld: Are fish guts food, fertilizer, or garbage when a fish house isn’t available?
Mike Schoonveld
April 13, 2025
My first fishing trip of the season was successful. The cohos were in southern Lake Michigan, right on schedule, and my friend and I caught our limits plus a bonus brown trout.
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Here’s how to work the remarkably weedless, deadly effective bladed jig
Louie Stout
April 12, 2025
It was a blustery fall day with temperatures in the 40s and a slicing north wind that pushed water temperatures into the low 50s.
In my mind, it was perfect for a spinnerbait spun
Michigan’s Sturgeon River steelhead make for decades worth of opener memories
Mike Gnatkowski
April 12, 2025
We’ve lost track over the years, but this spring is between our 35th and 40th year that our close-knit group of high school buddies will have spent the trout opener on the Sturgeon River near
Bob Gwizdz: Becky Humphries brings wealth of knowledge to Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission
Bob Gwizdz
April 10, 2025
It might have gone relatively unnoticed by a lot of folks, but the recent announcement that Rebecca Humphries has been appointed to the Natural Resources Commission can only be construed as good news for natural
Adult trout stocked in Michigan’s Clinton, Huron rivers
DNR Report
April 8, 2025
Approximately 4,250 adult trout were stocked recently by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the Huron River (Proud Lake Recreation Area, Oakland County) and Spring Mill Pond (Island Lake Recreation Area, Livingston County) in
Michigan Mixed Bag: Conversations and coffee with DNR fisheries division staff
Staff and News Reports
April 8, 2025
Conversations and Coffee, a public meeting to discuss regional and statewide fishing regulation changes, will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, at the Ishpeming Township Hall, 1575 U.S. Highway-41 W. in Ishpeming.
