Michigan Fishing Report – May 13, 2026
Michigan DNR
May 13, 2026
This past week, anglers reported excellent smallmouth bass fishing despite windy conditions here.
Michigan
Lake trout of the Great Lakes still recovering from invasion that changed everything
Tori McCormick
May 13, 2026
Speaking from his home in Algoma, roughly 30 miles east of Green Bay, Lee Haasch knows his days are numbered before he begins working seven days a week, starting each day at 3:30 a.m.
Northern Michigan residents caught with more than double the daily legal limit of walleye from Detroit River
DNR Report
May 12, 2026
A group of anglers from northern Michigan was caught Friday with an overlimit of 34 walleye – more than double the daily legal limit, after fishing on the Detroit River.
“People visit Detroit from
Mastering muskie fishing’s art of the figure eight
Rob Kimm
May 12, 2026
Ask someone why they fish muskies, and the big esox’s willingness to follow lures and hit at boatside comes up almost immediately. With good reason.
Seeing a muskie suddenly materialize behind a lure as
Five big-bass sweetspots in the Great Lakes
Louie Stout
May 12, 2026
It’s no secret that the Great Lakes have produced a lot of big smallmouth bass in recent years.
The smallmouth always have been there, but the influx of protein heavy, non-native gobies as a
Nature Smart: Identifying the purple vs. the house finch
Stan Tekiela
May 11, 2026
Identifying some bird species can be challenging, especially with some species of small birds.
For example, many people struggle when trying to differentiate between the house finch (Haemorphous mexicanus) and the purple finch (Haemorphous
Backyard and Beyond: Nesting season, already
Val Cunningham
May 11, 2026
Stately great blue herons are some of the earliest birds to migrate back from their winter homes – in my area, they reliably return around St. Patrick’s Day, often encountering waterways still covered by ice.
Here’s where to find big bluegills in Michigan this May
Mike Gnatkowski
May 9, 2026
I avoid Michigan’s Traverse City in the summertime like the plague. About as close as I get is a concert at Interlochen. Once I get that far, I turn around. About the only other reason
Jack Ammerman: In Michigan, we’re buying $20 licenses in a $25 world
Jack Ammerman
May 8, 2026
First the Michigan Senate released its proposed budget for 2027. When the House released its proposal, Shannon Lott, Michigan DNR Natural Resources Deputy, did not seem encouraged about what it holds for the future of
