
Ice fishing 202: Hooking for live bait for walleyes this winter
How you hook your live bait – fathheads, shiners, or even grubs – will determine whether you catch winter’s finicky walleyes through the hard water

How you hook your live bait – fathheads, shiners, or even grubs – will determine whether you catch winter’s finicky walleyes through the hard water

Four years ago, when the DNR initiated the Pure Michigan Hunt I thought it was a great idea.

Many other raptor species also arriving in the region, and still other owls are with us year-round.

It’s no secret – to hunters and anglers – that hunters and anglers foot most of the bills for conservation of natural resources used by nearly all Michiganders.

A comprehensive study of Great Lakes data supports long-held suspicions by fisheries managers that changes in lakes Michigan and Huron are driven mostly by the lower end of the food chain

From record-setting bucks and trophy muskies to a fee increase for hunting and fishing licenses and citizen-initiated referendums, there was no shortage of news stories surrounding the outdoors in Michigan in 2013.

For multiple species, new ice jigging spoons, lures, and jigs in tungsten are set to dominate this winter’s ice fishing scene.

According to early reports, hunters experienced mixed results during the 2013 firearms deer-hunting season.

Don’t be surprised if you’re asked to sign a petition in the coming weeks and months.
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