For the first time since the Michigan Department of Natural Resources began requiring registration of fishing tournaments in 2015, the number of permitted bass fishing competitions has declined. Tournament directors reported 3,041 scheduled events in
Legislation to expand voter outreach to Michigan hunters, trappers, and anglers is moving through Lansing with the intent to get more to the polls.
“There’s a big push these days to get more folks
Despite some trout-harboring streams remaining open to angling all year, Michigan’s official trout season kicked off on April 26. The season began somewhere between a whimper and a bang.
As is often the case,
Great Lakes fishing is improving; toms are still talking. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on May 2, 2025.
In a release issued on Friday, May 2, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced 42 new proposed hunting opportunities across more than 87,000 acres within
A nice push of fresh fish were reported to have made their way up the river here recently. Anglers reported that lots of steelhead were caught.
Still a lot of walleyes being caught in the Great Lakes and connecting waters, and the Detroit River remains a hot spot. And don’t forget about the salmon fishing, which is also running hot.
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning novella “The Old Man and the Sea,” legendary novelist and short story writer Ernest Hemingway wrote: “Anyone can be a fisherman in May.”
He implied that the fishing is dang
If you drive the backroads of southern Michigan, you likely notice some grass fires or the charred results of recent prescribed burns in uninhabited swatches across the landscape. And though it’s wildfire season, it’s a
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