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New fishing licenses required April 1Both Indiana and Michigan remind anglers that a new fishing license season begins Wednesday, April 1, which coincides with the new regulation cycle. All 2014 fishing licenses are good through March 31, 2015.
Indiana offers the following options:
- Resident annual $17
- Non-resident annual $35
- Trout/Salmon stamp $11
- One-day fishing (includes trout/salmon) $9
- Seven-day fishing (non-residents only) $20
- Senior annual fishing (residents only) $3
- Senior fish for life (residents only) $17
- Resident annual fishing/hunting $25.
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Hook n' Look's Perspective on Michigan's Proposed Bass Regulations 215.15
Hook n' Look's Perspective on Michigan's Proposed Bass Regulations 215.15
Although we havent received official word from the DNR, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission rejected a proposal night that would haven opened the bass season to year-round catch and release and permit pre-registered tournaments after April 30 and prior to the traditional bass opener.
For details of the original proposal, click here.
The DNRs proposal triggered a controversial debate over allowing tournaments to be held five weeks earlier than what they are now. Liberalizing the tournament season has been strongly supported by the Michigan B.A.S.S. Federation Nation while adamantly opposed by others.
The commissioners announced at Thursday nights public meeting that it had agreed to reject the Fisheries Division proposal before opening the floor to public debate. Nonetheless, the public was permitted to voice its opinions, of which there were many.
Michigan angler Kim Stricker, producer of Hook n Look television show, may have had an influential hand in the commissioners decision. Prior to the meeting, he provided each of the commissioners a video of his perspective on the impacts of early bass fishing on Lake St. Clair which has been a centerpiece of the debate. (See video above)
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By Louie Stout
If a new proposal gets through Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) meetings over the next month, anglers could be fishing legally for bass as early as April 10 this year.
The DNR announced it has revamped original proposals that it presented at public hearings over the past year and will present a hybrid version at this months NRC meeting.
The new plan will be heard at the March 19th meeting in Lansing.
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(Provided by Michigan DNR)
The Michigan DNR reminds anglers that the dates for mandatory ice shanty removal are approaching. Anglers are required to remove shanties as soon as the ice is unsafe to hold them, regardless of the date.
Ice shanties must be removed from Lake St. Clair before sunset Feb. 22.
In the northern Lower Peninsula, ice shanties need to be removed by midnight March 15. Counties included in the northern Lower Peninsula are: Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Isabella, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Montmorency, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon and Wexford.
In remaining counties of the southern Lower Peninsula, shanties must be removed by midnight March 1.
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(Provided by Michigan DNR)
The Michigan DNR announced the results from its 2014 Master Angler program - a program that has been in place since 1973 to recognize large fish caught by recreational anglers.
This past year, 987 anglers representing 19 states and Canada submitted catches that were recognized as Master Angler fish. That is a decrease from the 1,208 fish recognized in 2013. Of the entries accepted, 327 were categorized as catch and keep and 660 were categorized as catch and release.