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.
By Doug Bucha
The night began like most of our antique fishing lure collectors monthly meetings at the Heddon museum in Dowagiac.
Things were going slow; a couple of members brought in displays of old fishing lures for show-and- tell, something we do to share historical information with interested collectors.
It was getting late and everyone was about ready to call it a night when two men walked in with an old, dirty Kennedy tackle box.
This 1920s relic was in such bad shape and stunk so bad that we smelled it before we saw it! The odor came from an accumulation of 60 years of dead fish, nightcrawlers, pork-rind juice, and who knows what else.
By Louie Stout
There are some interesting hunting and fishing regulation proposals coming to Hoosier sportsmen over the next few months.
Perhaps the most interesting and pertinent proposal is a change in next years archery season. The DNR is offering an earlier start for bow hunters only, excluding crossbow shooters.
Its all speculative now, as the DNR will take this proposal and others through the public comment period to receive input.
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