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Jeff and Dallas Ogltree won the Butchers Baits tournament at Austin Lake last weekend with 13.07 pounds.
Scopers dominated The Michiana Fishing League results on Gull Lake Sunday in which 21 of 22 teams had limits despite high winds, hard rain and falling air temperatures.
New Gear
Okuma Fishing Tackle announces the all-new Eminent Baitcast Reel—a lineup of low-profile reels engineered to deliver refined design and performance at an unmatched value. The series introduces a distinctive audible drag click, giving anglers real-time feedback and heightened awareness when it matters most.
Newsflash
Drought, Weather Affecting Bass Patterns
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By Kevin VanDam
Kevin VanDamThe nation is in a severe drought and it’s affecting the lakes around southern Michigan.
We’ve been dealing with falling lake levels and a lack of sufficient rainfall for several weeks now. Farmers are still irrigating heavily and the bottom is falling out of the water table which also affects our lakes. The water table at my house fell 1½ feet over the past week!
In the meantime our fish are losing valuable shallow water habitat. You can still catch some fish shallow, but the bigger fish are still deeper.
Everything is getting stressed and the fish are starting to show it.
EHD Spreads in Michigan
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Reports of dead or dying deer continue to pour into southern Michigan DNR offices.
So far, Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph counties have escaped the worst of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) while counties farther north and east have not.
As of last Friday, more than 1,700 dead deer have been reported throughout the Lower Peninsula the past few months.
Northern Indiana continues to be EHD free, according to district biologist Linda Byer, who said she’s received no calls about EHD outbreaks in her region.
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