Michigan Fishing Report – September 17, 2025
Michigan DNR
September 17, 2025
Inland lakes were still producing good numbers of walleye here.
Michigan
Interior wants to nix rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
Matthew Brown
September 17, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sept. 10 proposed canceling a public land-management rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging,
Four ways to turn passing shots into point-blank opportunities on waterfowl
Tori McCormick
September 16, 2025
I have a friend from South Dakota – a veteran, lifelong waterfowler who hunts a minimum of four days a week during the season – who didn’t purchase a decoy until he was in his
Nature Smart: Blue-footed boobies
Stan Tekiela
September 15, 2025
The common names for many species of birds can sometimes be confusing, contradictory, misleading, or a complete mystery. For example, the common name red-winged blackbird has always gotten under my skin, because the wing of
Backyard and Beyond: Insects abound
Val Cunningham
September 15, 2025
Late summer is the season for insects: So many adults are emerging from chrysalises, cocoons, or larval forms, from the water or ground or underside of a leaf. This is especially true in the butterfly
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – September 12, 2025 – video
Bill Parker
September 12, 2025
Some of the best fishing of the year is happening now, with the hottest bite on the rivers.
Why is meat from some feral hogs tainted blue?
Bob Zink
September 12, 2025
I used to take my two sons to southern Texas during spring break to bowhunt hogs at a high-fence ranch. (I’m not a beach guy; I’d rather hunt.) In three days of hunting, we’d average
Mike Schoonveld: Time to feed those invasive carp another plan
Mike Schoonveld
September 12, 2025
If the first person to import Asian carp to North America was a Star Trek fan, when he turned them loose perhaps he repeated the traditional Vulcan phrase Mr. Spock often used, “Live long and
Michigan’s Dathon Skelton: A decoy carver extraordinaire
Mike Gnatkowski
September 12, 2025
Dathon Skelton says working gunning decoys tend to have simpler paint schemes and less detail. He has branched out from carving duck decoys to carving more songbirds. Regardless, he says carving is essential, but painting
