
Dave Genz: Cool on ice, but at home fishing on the river
Ice fishing innovator just as comfortable when fishing from a boat

Ice fishing innovator just as comfortable when fishing from a boat


Employ this hard-water strategy with an angling partner during the mid-ice period unfolding right now.

DNR officials are investigating the apparent escape of feral hogs from a high-fence facility south of Marquette, though the extent and exact origin of the problem remains unclear.
DISTRICT 1 CO Brian Lasanen received a complaint about an individual who had shot a doe during the firearms deer season without the proper license. CO Lasanen and CO Ethen Mapes arrived at the suspect’s
Lake St. Clair Fishing has been quiet on Lake St. Clair, but boat anglers who haven’t winterized for the season report a decent walleye bite in the Detroit River. The best action has been at
NORTHWESTERN LP Traverse City Area Steelhead fishing has been good in the Betsie River. Anglers drifting spawn bags and casting spinners report a good bite. Open water on inland lakes is luring anglers out. Good
EASTERN UP Pickford Area There was no ice in the eastern Upper Peninsula last week, and open-water anglers were few and far between. A few anglers who were getting out in boats on Raber Bay

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