What's New?
Deer hunters taking part in Michigan's Oct. 1-Nov. 14 archery season should be seeing a strong statewide harvest, even as they encounter varying conditions – from the results of heavy snowfall in parts of the Upper Peninsula to an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in the southern Lower Peninsula.
New Gear
The Abu Garcia Beast series—including both reels and rods—have been redesigned to incorporate new components and features.
Newsflash
St. Joseph River ‘Eyes Doing Fine in Indiana
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By Louie Stout
Barry Ukele with the Michiana Walleye Association shows off a nice walleye he caught from the St. Joe recently. The club helps the DNR stock walleyes in the river, and, according to recent surveys, last year’s young fish survived quite well.There’s good news for St. Joseph River walleye fishermen.
Fall surveys conducted by the Indiana DNR last month revealed better-than-average success of fish stocked by the DNR and the Michiana Walleye Association in 2011.
Biologist Neil Ledet spent October evenings cruising shallow river areas between Elkhart and Twin Branch dams with electro-shock equipment looking for one-year-old fish. The fish were temporarily stunned, captured, counted, measured and released.
More Steelhead Move In; Bucks Are on the Run
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By Louie Stout
Just when we thought the steelhead run might be drawing to a disappointing close, here comes another slug of fish.
Bodine Hatchery Manager Dave Meuninck said about 275 steelhead pushed through the South Bend ladder last week, renewing hope that perhaps a good run might be salvaged after all.
Of the 275 trout recorded going through the ladder from Oct. 23-30, about 40 percent were Michigan’s winter run variety and the rest were Skamania, the latter of which should have been here a month or more ago.
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