Fishing
Michigan Fishing Report – March 29, 2023
Anglers targeting steelhead in the open parts of this river did well using spinners and spawn bags.
Minnesota’s Pro Tip of the Week: early-season spring crappies
The weather is delaying open-water fishing for early-season spring crappie fishing. But several lakes will open in the next few weeks, beginning in southern Minnesota and advancing north.
Northern tactic earns Canadian Jeff Gustafson Bassmaster Classic victory
The coveted Ray Scott Bassmaster Classic trophy is heavily adorned with famous southern anglers, but the 2023 version now carries the name of a northerner – and a Canadian at that.
Jeff “Gussy”
Commentary: DNR Tribal Unit in Michigan has become a defender of gillnets
The proposed consent decree over Great Lakes treaty water fishing undoes a $14 million investment made by the state of Michigan and tribes in the previous decree and represents an about face by the DNR
New program charts water temps on Great Lakes, providing a tool for anglers
A new product, the Great Lakes Surface Water Temperature Map, has been developed by the NOAA to once again provide real-time satellite surface water temperatures updated daily.
Anglers seek areas where upwelling cold water
Ohio Insider: Success of blue catfish is a management success story from Central Ohio’s Hoover Reservoir
If you want evidence of a fish management success story you don’t have to look any further than Central Ohio’s Hoover Reservoir.
The four-fish daily split bag limit for catfish has been dropped at
Commentary: Ohio’s new trout stocking plan will take some digestion
ODNR has made new plans for trout stocking dubbed “Rainbow Trout Stocking Reset,” and it doesn’t include Adams Lake. After the last stocking this spring, you may as well put away your rooster tails and
Ohio Sea Grant’s Tory Gabriel earns honors at conference
More than 100 charter boat captains, agency employees, business representatives, and other interested guests attended Ohio Sea Grant’s 42nd charter boat captain’s conference at Bowling Green State University’s Firelands Campus on March 4.
Highlights
Ohio Division of Wildlife fish hatcheries hosting public open houses
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites the public to visit a state fish hatchery during this year’s open houses to learn more about their operations and purpose. Hatchery open houses are free of
