Michigan’s statewide fishing report on March 6, 2026
Staff Report
March 6, 2026
Winter holding tight, but bass, panfish starting transition. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing report on March 6, 2026.
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State Roundup: .41 Great Lakes is a great cartridge with a great story behind it
Dean Bortz
March 5, 2026
The .41 Great Lakes, a mostly new straight-wall cartridge has a great story behind it. I suppose it should still be considered a wildcat round, but the originators, friends John Upp and Larry Miller, both
Michigan Fishing Report – March 4, 2026
Michigan DNR
March 4, 2026
The coho salmon bite remained steady throughout the bay here with anglers reporting good success.
Month of March means trophy walleyes after ice out on Michigan rivers
Mike Gnatkowski
March 2, 2026
Savvy Michigan anglers get a head start on the 2026 open water season for walleyes by targeting major rivers that walleyes run sometime in March.
Rotund walleyes, fat as pigs, stage well before the
Commentary: Now is the time to move forward with federal wolf delisting
Laurie Groskopf
February 27, 2026
After 35-plus years of contentious actions and no permanent action on federal wolf delisting, it is time to move forward. Wisconsin has more wolves in developed areas than any other location in the hemisphere. Wisconsin
Mike Schoonveld: Coast Guard does about-face in regards to emergency signaling equipment
Mike Schoonveld
February 27, 2026
I can’t remember the exact number of Independence Days I’ve spent on boats.
Now, it’s often on my boat, a friend’s boat, and decades ago it was on my dad’s boat. Fishing is often
Cold water, big fish: Michigan trip after ice out results in that elusive 10-pound walleye
Bob Vogel
February 27, 2026
A friend had just spent a tough day on the ice searching for walleyes. Five hours of effort had resulted in only one fish. He was ready for a change in plans. I told him
Ongoing study takes a close look at Michigan’s moose population
Tim Bunton
February 26, 2026
Michigan researchers now have 56 moose wearing GPS collars, part of a project now in its second year to better understand survival and population growth of the animal in the western UP.
Earlier this
Tom Pink: Checking its stomach will tell your fish’s story
Tom Pink
February 26, 2026
Too many hours of staring into an empty spear hole in my ice shack lately has me wondering about what I can do to get more fish to appear. While the fishing was good in
