
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – March 1, 2025 – video
Despite warmer temps, still some good ice fishing taking place. Here’s where.

Despite warmer temps, still some good ice fishing taking place. Here’s where.

March is a fickle month for Michigan anglers. Supposedly, it begins with winter-like conditions and ends as a harbinger of spring.
That’s not usually the case. When we have a real Michigan winter like

Lake whitefish are on the brink of collapse in lakes Michigan and Huron.
So scientists are hoping they can get the fish to spawn in northern Michigan’s rivers, something they haven’t done in well

Although Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is 4,526 miles from Tamarack Lake in Lakeview Mich., anyone still awake in Vilnius when the final bell signaled the end of this year’s World Ice Fishing Championship probably

A Michigan Department of Natural Resources investigation resulted in criminal charges against a man that conservation officers allege they caught stealing from rustic campground pay pipes.
Conservation officers in June launched an investigation into

I was at an after-dinner gathering of fishermen hailing from several states recently. It was what many would call a “bull session” where fishing tales, opinions, jokes, and other more or less important discussions flowed

Walleyes haven’t been planted in Isabella County’s Coldwater Lake since 2018, but anglers are still catching a lot of nice sized ’eyes.
“A few years back the DNR truck broke down, and they had

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is continuing a successful program begun in 2021 to keep boating access sites plowed at more than two dozen popular Upper Peninsula ice-fishing locations.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the Feb. 25, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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