
Michigan Fishing Report – October 2, 2024
Salmon fishing continued to be good here. Anglers had success while casting spoons and crank baits throughout the river.

Salmon fishing continued to be good here. Anglers had success while casting spoons and crank baits throughout the river.

Bob Sheetz photographed a hummingbird looking over its shoulder as it started a takeoff, hinting at the long journey ahead.
At this time of year, most of our ruby-throated hummingbirds are on their way

When people think about smoked meats, most folks think about beef and pork and maybe some chicken or turkey. We think about briskets, ribs, pork butts, long, slow cook times and low heat. We also

Fall fishing is fantastic. In the past I spent a lot of time hunting waterfowl in the fall, but I’m backing off my waterfowl hunts this year and getting serious about fall fishing.
What

The horn’s blare was aimed at us, a grandpa and grandson putting through one of the extensive slow/no-wake sections of Spring Lake and adjacent Grand River in Michigan.
We’d been talking, as such oldster/youngster

In 1934, the Michigan hunting regulations pamphlet was a single piece of paper folded in half, creating a front, back, and two inside pages.
Today, the document has expanded to 80 pages, and also

Salmon are in the rivers. On inland lakes, some good reports, too. Some of the hottest bites of the year.

Trolling used to be simple. Each person in the boat would select a lure, drop it into the lake and let out some line.
Once the right amount of line was uncoiled off the

We’d all had enough before noon on opening day of Michigan’s grouse and woodcock seasons. The temperature was already into the upper 80s and we were gassed. The dogs were at least as beat, and
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