Fishing
Algae bloom to be ‘significant’ again on Erie
On July 2, Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island, Put-in-Bay, hosted a gathering of invited media, agency personnel, research scientists and summer students followed by a public webinar to hear NOAA’s second annual harmful algae bloom
Nearly 54-pound carp sets new state bowfishing mark
Patrick Johnson, of Toledo, has set a new bowfishing record for carp and he says he has his fishing partner, Brent McGlone, to thank for it.
Changes ahead for bass fishing?
Bassmaster Magazine recently published its list of the top 100 bass-fishing waters for 2013, and five Michigan lakes, including the No. 1-ranked Lake St. Clair, were on it, further evidence of Michigan’s standing as a
Lake Huron’s brown trout program scrapped
Five years into a 6-year experiment to determine whether the Lake Huron brown trout fishery can be restored state fisheries managers have concluded it’s time to cut bait.
Official tally has 2012 deer kill over 400,000
An estimated 654,000 hunters combined to kill about 414,000 white-tailed deer during all of the 2012 hunting seasons combined, according to the DNR’s 2012 deer hunter survey results, which were released last week
Game land energy deals net $4.7M for PGC
Pennsylvania Game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting here, approved lease agreements with energy companies that will bring in nearly $4.7 million in bonus payments and a yet undetermined amount of royalties.
Bats gone for 100 years?
If you see a little brown bat this summer, you might want to take a picture of it.
Deer-baiting change to fight Lyme, ticks
Baiting is not just a more effective way to kill deer in urban situations. It’s a way to make them healthier, too.
Continental duck numbers decline, but levels still high
If you like ducks, and you like water, then there’s little objectionable in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual report on breeding ducks and habitat conditions.
