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.
Poor Boys Baits and Lurecraft will host its annual Open House at the LaGrange, Ind. business Jan. 25-26.
Poor Boys/Lurecraft is one of the Midwests largest supplier of hand-pour soft plastics and a sundry of lure components and bait making supplies.
Hours are 8-5 on Friday and 7-4 Saturday. Coffee and donuts will be served during morning hours and hot dogs at lunch.
Lurecraft has taken on several new fly tying supplies as well as lures components for all types of fishing.
IndianaAnglers.com will conduct an ice fishing derby Jan. 12 on Kosciusko County lakes.
Entry fee is $20 with a 90 percent payout for the top three fish (by length) in each of three categories.
Categories include bluegill/redear/ perch (7-inch minimum); crappie (7-inch minimum), and mult-species that include walleye (14-inch minimum), northern pike (20-inch minimum), and all species of bass and catfish (state minimum or 7 inches, whichever is greater).
Registration and weigh-in will be at the Ye Olde Tackle Box in North Webster. Derby hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration closes at 7 a.m. the day of the event.
For more information, visit www.indianaangler.com.
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