What's New?
Loren Crosbie caught the only limit to win the Michiana Singles season opener Sunday at Lake Wawasee.
Ten teams showed up at Lake Maxinkuckee Saturday for the Casting Couples Open, and the fish cooperated despite chilly weather.
New Gear
After taking home the Best Freshwater Soft Lure category at ICAST 2025, the Z-Man SWAG LT swimbait has officially hit retailers nationwide—arriving just in time for one of the most important big-bass windows of the year: the prespawn.
Newsflash
Michigan Bass Seasons Still Undecided
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By Louie Stout
In all likelihood, Michigan bass anglers will be given the opportunity to fish for bass year-round next year, but the harvest season will remain pretty much the same.
The trouble is, we won’t know until early next April when the Natural Resources Commission casts the deciding vote.
The Future of Michigan bass regs have been up in the air all year.
Currently, the state offers a catch-and-release only season that opens the last Saturday in April and runs until its harvest season opens Memorial Day weekend in late May.
Anglers have pushed hard for a more liberal season so the DNR decided to open it up for discussion last summer. It canvassed anglers to determine what kind of changes they’d like to see. It listed four options and asked anglers which ones they could support.
Author Examines Bass Fishing Evolution
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By Louie Stout
Bass fishing has undergone quite an evolution the past 50 years.
The Fish That Changed America by Steve PriceIn his new book released this month, “The Fish That Changed America,” author Steve Price provides insight as to how bass fishing rose to its current level of popularity and tells the story through the eyes of people who helped make it happen.
Price includes chapters that include interviews with lure designers, boat builders and legendary anglers as well as one with Ray Scott, the founder of B.A.S.S and arguably the man who triggered the evolution.
The book covers Michiana’s role, too, as Price outlines the Heddon Company’s development of bass lures. Heddon was founded in Dowagiac, Mich. and the first lure was tested at Mill Pond just outside of town.
An entire chapter was devoted to an interview with the late Trig Lund of Dowagiac, who served as vice president of Heddon for 23 years.
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