
Michigan Fishing Report – April 17, 2024
Walleye fishing remained excellent throughout the Detroit River, with many limit catches reported. Anglers were finding the best success when they were able to find stained or off-color water.

Walleye fishing remained excellent throughout the Detroit River, with many limit catches reported. Anglers were finding the best success when they were able to find stained or off-color water.

While recently leading a photo tour in Florida, I was excited to see a crazy-cool critter and one of nature’s true rule-breakers!
I was walking a boardwalk over a shallow wetland. A wide variety

Wood ducks arrived back in our region starting in early March, intent on raising the next generation. These handsome ducks are cavity nesters, so a pair will explore trees for a good nest site, as

On April 11, a coalition of conservation organizations announced the launch of MapforGrasslands.Org to illustrate of the need for the North American Grasslands Conservation Act.
The first-of-its-kind website documents the loss of grasslands in

Spring-like weather is finally here, and there’s a red-hot walleye bite going on at this expansive fishery.

A coyote stuck between the branched trunks of an apple tree is something that’s seldom seen. But that’s what an Upper Peninsula deer camp owner –who wishes to remain anonymous – found recently on his

I learned how to fillet fish when I was in the Boy Scouts, and the Scouts also taught me how to sharpen my fillet knife and keep it sharp.
Since then, I couldn’t count

The Wisconsin DNR and Conservation Congress may soon hear calls from fishermen to either close Green Bay tributaries to fishing during the spawning run, or allow only catch-and-release fishing during that time. That’s because law-abiding

The Indiana DNR has confirmed the state’s first positive case of chronic wasting disease in LaGrange County.
This positive case is adjacent to a region where CWD had previously been detected in Michigan. CWD
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