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Detroit River walleye run is meeting high expectations
The Detroit River walleye fishery is on fire this spring.
The river, crowded with anglers as usual – especially during the recent run of summer-like temperatures – has been producing lots of limits of

Minnesota 9-year-old’s gobbler puts ‘long’ in longbeard
Parental rules often are guidelines rather than actual rules. For a 9-year-old turkey hunter from Rockville, Minn., that’s fortunate.
If Tenley Salzbrun’s father had adhered strictly to his personal minimum age at which his

A quick chat with Ducks Unlimited’s Kyle Rorah
Rorah joined Team DU in 2016. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., with his wife Shannon.

DIY minnow trapping: Here’s how to do it
Before you drop a trap in your favorite body of water, make sure you read the regulations regarding trapping minnows. There are lot of rules in relation to trapping.

Fishing slow on opening day for Michigan walleyes
While my partner Greg Sochocki was putting on his foul weather gear for the April 29 opening morning of walleye season, I noticed a fellow launching his boat alone. I walked over to the dock

Turkeys at Twilight: Gobblers seem not as wary in the late afternoon
For those spring hunters who must work or go to school until late afternoon, there is a great opportunity still to get in some quality gobbler hunting during the last part of the day.

Three calls every late-season gobbler chaser should master
Most turkey hunters know the basic calls, but they often don’t know how to use them effectively enough to lure in a tom once the season has passed its midpoint. By now, turkeys have heard

May means wild foraging for morels, fiddleheads and more
Another long winter has come and gone. In its wake have been flood-stage river waters and a quick transition to warm weather. Stream trout season is upon us, turkeys are gobbling, crappies have moved into

Great gobbler action can happen in the p.m.
I love watching daybreak as much as anyone, and seeing the sun rise in April or May can be a near-religious experience, especially after a long Midwestern winter.
But there’s a price to be