Michigan
‘Reserved hunts’ in Michigan offer meaningful opportunities for many
Darin Potter
July 7, 2025
Since 2015 the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division has offered “Reserved Hunts” inside of the Sharonville State Game Area (SGA), which rests in parts of both Jackson and Washtenaw counties in southern Michigan.
Big browns are a fish with an affinity for mean water
Andy Duffy
July 6, 2025
Mean weather, mean water, and mean-looking flies are the keys to catching trophy brown trout.
People might want to watch the 1985 thriller “The Mean Season.” The movie is set in Florida, so it
Steve Griffin: With a little effort we can slow spread of invasives
Steve Griffin
July 5, 2025
There’s two things we tend not to realize about aquatic vegetation, the stuff we call weeds: how important good ones are to the fish we love, and the threats invasive newcomers pose to the lakes
Mike Schoonveld: Quick lessons on electric knife blades
Mike Schoonveld
July 4, 2025
A group of friends and myself were headed out for a couple days of walleye fishing and even more friends were on a second boat. All of us were expecting the captains/guides to put us
Bob Gwizdz: Plenty of good options when it comes to today’s fishing lines
Bob Gwizdz
July 3, 2025
Fifty years ago, choosing a fishing line was pretty simple. It was all monofilament all the time.
Introduced in 1939, mono became the go-to line for most anglers by the 1950s. Although braided Dacron,
Michigan Fishing Report – July 2, 2025
Michigan DNR
July 2, 2025
Anglers reported catching good numbers of coho salmon as well as an occasional Chinook salmon here.
Michigan hunter bags possible record bruin in Saskatchewan
Richard P. Smith
July 2, 2025
Eileen Cannon from Portland, Mich., bagged a massive spring black bear in Saskatchewan on May 21 while hunting with boyfriend Lonnie Pohl. It could set a potential provincial record. It was her very first bear
Lac Vieux Desert’s history extends beyond good fishing in Gogebic County, Mich.
Staff Report
July 1, 2025
The impressively large and ever popular Lac Vieux Desert straddles the border of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where it sits steeped in history in Michigan’s Gogebic County and Wisconsin’s Vilas County.
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