
A Michigan one-room schoolhouse turns fishing lures into a lesson
“How can we design and create fishing lures that will attract the fish we’re fishing for and sell well in our area?”
It’s the kind of question you might expect to hear at a

“How can we design and create fishing lures that will attract the fish we’re fishing for and sell well in our area?”
It’s the kind of question you might expect to hear at a

Few experiences match the excitement of a largemouth detonating on a surface lure.
The strike is sudden, violent, and visible, transforming an ordinary cast into a memorable event. While many anglers associate topwater fishing

Anglers here reported catching good numbers of coho salmon while trolling spoons and flasher-fly combinations in the top 60 feet of the water column.

Twenty-two million pounds of plastic waste enter the Great Lakes each year. About half sinks to the lake bottoms, where some of it will likely remain until a future glacier reshapes the lakebeds during the

A state agency is reminding Michiganders to be on the lookout for the invasive spotted lanternfly again this summer.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that, as of June, spotted lanternfly

Michigan trappers and trapping experts will trade stories and advice at the 2026 U.P. Trappers Convention and Outdoor Expo, set for July 10-11 at the UP State Fairgrounds in Escanaba.
Top trappers from the

Michigan anglers casting for bass, walleye or other fish this summer may occasionally notice biologists and technicians launching specialized boats equipped with nets and other equipment.
It’s not a covert operation – it is

On June 29, federal wildland fire officials released the identities of three firefighters who died while responding to the Knowles Fire in western Colorado on Saturday. The firefighters were assigned to the Rifle Helitack crew

Morrow Lake, a 1,000-acre angler hotspot on the Kalamazoo River between Kalamazoo and Galesburg, has endured more than its share of challenges over the past two decades.
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