
Savvy tricks for opening-day trout
Get away from bridges and public access sites and you can find some unpressured trout and get the season off on the right foot.

Get away from bridges and public access sites and you can find some unpressured trout and get the season off on the right foot.

The good news is that anyone who would like to do some kind of fishing will find something to suit their interests throughout the state.

It’s connected and managed as one water body since water, boats, and fish can freely move between the lakes.

Smallmouth bass action is heating up, and steelhead, too. And get ready for some of the best fishing of the season – it will be here soon. Here’s what, where and how they’re catching fish

The Detroit River continues to impress, with limit catches of walleye becoming more the norm this week throughout the river as temperatures reach into the low 40’s. Anglers are vertical jigging plastics with or without

The Detroit River is not one of the prettier places, but if you have a hankering to catch walleyes, it’s a top spring destination.
Ice-out is complete, so it’s time for slabs and river walleyes.

In the most recent general netting survey of the fishery in Long Lake, biologists collected 1,246 fish including 14 species.

Ice conditions getting more sketchy by the minute. Steelhead action is strong. In Erie, walleyes are the story, with action expected to pick up even more here shortly.
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