Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the March 28, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the March 28, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the March 28, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Saugatuck Brewing Company is once again partnering with the Michigan DNR to launch the “Lake Street Light x Lake Sturgeon Program.”
Set for April, the collaboration is designed to raise awareness and support the
Spring turkey licenses leftover from the regular application period are on sale now. Licenses are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee that leftover licenses will be available for any hunt unit.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 28, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

For now, there’s overall light to moderate fishing pressure in the Oak, with good action through the watercourse.

There has been a good morning/evening bite along the south shore just prior to sunset.

The roller-coaster weather has definitely impacted the fishing – the bite has definitely been inconsistent, but with this exception.

While forward-facing sonar certainly has had some criticism, it doesn’t mean that lure manufacturers aren’t acknowledging that they need to have baits that work better for it, and most of them are creating baits that
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