Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – October 1, 2023 – video
Bill Parker
October 1, 2023
Where the fish are biting and what anglers are using to catch ’em.
Fishing
Top baits for icing winter panfish
Glen Schmitt
October 1, 2023
So is there a single bait option that works best for catching panfish through the ice? That’s a loaded question, which doesn’t have just one definite answer. The problem (OK, it’s not really a problem)
Tribal gill netting bad news for Michigan fisheries
Mike Schoonveld
October 1, 2023
Several years ago, I was fishing for walleyes on an inland lake with a well-seasoned guide (meaning he was probably 20 years older than me) and in casual conversation I learned he’d come from a
Pay attention to sub-surface currents to put more walleyes in your boat
Lance Valentine
September 29, 2023
The looks were all the same: seven people wondering what the heck just happened.
After a 25-minute trolling pass with 11 fish caught, we were halfway through our return pass and had nothing, zip,
Belly boating for brookies: Get to those hard-to-access hotspots
Bob Gwizdz
September 28, 2023
Brook trout, Michigan’s state fish, often are associated with tiny, jump-across creeks. Angling means belly-crawling to their edges so you don’t spook them before dropping an earthworm or grasshopper into the often gin-clear water to
Big walleye derbies ready to kick off on Lake Erie
Maggie Kelch
September 28, 2023
For the next few months, thousands of anglers will be trolling and casting Lake Erie’s waters in hopes of catching a walleye worth thousands of dollars in prizes.
The two largest walleye fishing derbies
Michigan Fishing Report – September 27, 2023
Michigan DNR
September 27, 2023
On Lake Erie, Large numbers of yellow perch were caught here
Michigan Mixed Bag: Second body recovered two weeks after boat sank in Lake Michigan
Staff and News Reports
September 26, 2023
Authorities recovered the body of a 63-year-old man in Lake Michigan, one of two people who died when a fishing boat sank in late August off Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula.
Michigan DNR director approves fishing regulation changes
Bill Parker
September 26, 2023
In one of his first official actions, new Michigan DNR Director Scott Bowen approved several proposed fisheries regulations at the September Natural Resources Commission meeting in Lansing.
The director and the commission were presented
