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 Indiana DNR)
The 2013 Indiana stream trout-fishing season will open as scheduled this Saturday despite high water and swift current conditions.
Department of Natural Resources officials are urging anglers to exercise caution, especially if they are fishing around dams or in flooded streams.
The combination of strong currents and cold, deep water makes it hard to maintain your footing when wading, said Jeremy Price, DNRs North Region fisheries supervisor. This would be a good weekend to leave the waders at home and fish from the bank.
Fishing conditions will be less than ideal at some locations and trout could be difficult to find. Price said the fish will be seeking refuge in deeper pools, eddies and the downstream side of rocks, woody debris and other structures in the stream.
More than 23,500 rainbow trout will be stocked into 19 streams across the state by Saturday morning.
Stream trout fishing in Indiana opens Saturday, April 27 at 6 a.m. local time and runs through Dec. 31. Anglers must have a trout stamp in addition to a fishing license to fish for trout.
The trout are produced at DNRs Curtis Creek Trout Rearing Station in LaGrange County.
Michiganders have one chance to defend the right to hunt, fish and trap from out-of-state anti-hunters for good.
Scientific Wildlife Management legislation before the state senate will make sure that game management decisions are made by sound science, not ballot-box biology. If sportsmen don't take advantage of this opportunity, anti groups will come back to our state again and again to attack those rights to hunt, fish and trap.
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