Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
Site Staff
June 17, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the June 20, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Fishing
Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Big perch case leads to hundreds of fish confiscated
Staff Report
June 17, 2025
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the June 20, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
New funding will support fisheries projects in 13 Michigan counties
DNR Report
June 17, 2025
“We’re excited to support our partner organizations in projects to create healthier lakes and streams with healthier fish populations, better habitat and cleaner water,” said Randy Claramunt, chief of the DNR Fisheries Division.
Commercial fishing license issued for Lake Huron’s Harbor Beach in Michigan
DNR Report
June 17, 2025
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has issued Pinconning-based Serafin Fish Company a commercial fishing license for lake whitefish in southern Lake Huron from the port of Harbor Beach.
This license mirrors the prior
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Private property is not public
Michigan Letters to the Editor
June 17, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 20, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Crappies are king at East Fork Lake in southwest Ohio
Mike Moore
June 17, 2025
East Fork Lake is situated approximately 25 miles east of Cincinnati and is readily accessible to a large number of fishermen in southern Ohio. It is an U.S. Army flood control lake in the East
Wildlife officer info sessions planned around state of Ohio
DNR Report
June 17, 2025
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is hosting information sessions for interested candidates to learn more about the wildlife officer career path.
Ohio wildlife officers enforce wildlife regulations and protect state lands, waterways,
Ohio Insider: Lake Erie walleyes at a level ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen before’
Mike Moore
June 17, 2025
The value of walleye sportfishing on Lake Erie is described monetarily in the billions.
“Walleye isn’t just popular on Lake Erie,” says Travis Hartman, the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s Lake Erie program administrator.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Giant flathead catfish caught in Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill River
Jeff Mulhollem
June 17, 2025
Not long before this issue’s deadline, a South Philadelphia angler hooked an enormous fish in the Schuylkill River a few blocks from his home.
The monster engulfed a lure on the first cast of
