It’s simple math really: Zero eggs equals zero fish for future stocking programs.
So, the spring walleye and steelhead egg collections by the Michigan DNR are critical components of the strategy for maintaining world-class fishing opportunities in the Great Lakes State.
Nearly fifty years have now passed since the first paddletail swimbaits splashed down in U.S. waters, the earliest designs having likely originated in France. Today, paddletails have almost singlehandedly rewritten the rules of soft plastics engagement. Fans of catching bass, crappie, walleye and inshore slams nearly always cast these ingenious tail-driven baits, each version capable of different retrieve speeds, actions and the almighty thump.
Gamakatsu has announced a proprietary new finish for their most popular hook styles.
(Provided by Michigan DNR)
The Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Divisions Southern Lake Michigan Management Unit will conduct a public meeting to discuss muskellunge management on Gun Lake in Barry County.
The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Orangeville Township Hall, located at 7350 Lindsey Road in Plainwell.
The meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss a proposal to increase the muskellunge minimum size limit from 42 to 46 inches on Gun Lake to protect this naturally reproducing population.
By Louie Stout
Avid fishermen like to use a term that some anglers dont quite understand: The pattern.
A pattern is proven methodology used to find and catch fish on a specific day. It can be a type of lure, how the lure is worked, depth, or any number of environmental factors. The best pattern is one in which you figure out all of those elements.
Its like putting together a puzzle. The sooner you get all the pieces in place, the better your success will be on a given day.
Its a system bass fishermen use but it also can be applied to just about any other kind of fish that lives in our natural lakes.
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