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.
Has this ever happened to you?
Its mid-summer, youre on the lake, the fish are bitin and your favorite reel begins to act up.
Make your reels feel new again.
Maybe it growls, develops a strange vibration with every turn of the handle, or the spool wont engage.
Something like that happens to me every year. Not that I dont have good reels; I just dont take very good care of them.
Thats why I dropped some off at Moe Ranieris place the other day. In addition to working part-time in the reel department at Lunkers, he has a tackle repair service in his Edwardsburg, Mich. home.
The St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers will conduct a seven-week class on tying proven fly patterns for the local area and beyond.
Classes will be held once a week for seven weeks starting Feb. 5 at the Howard Park Senior Center at 604. E. Jefferson, South Bend. Classes run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This is a beginning class, so no experience is necessary. The cost for non-members of St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers (SJRVFF) is $30.00 and $5 for SJRVFF members. The class is limited to 30 people.
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