Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The Department of Natural Resources would like to make anglers aware that Alabama rigs (also known as “umbrella” rigs) are legal to use in Michigan. The Alabama rig is typically used for fishing bass, walleye and other popular species. It consists of a wire harness sporting five (5) arms to which lures or baits can beFriday, June 8, 2012
The Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed the catch of a new state record flathead catfish. Caught by Rodney Akey of Niles, Mich., on Tuesday, May 22, on the St. Joseph River in Berrien County at 8 p.m., the fish weighed 49.8 pounds and measured 45.7 inches. Akey was still-fishing from shore with an alewife when heSunday, June 3, 2012
The Department of Natural Resources is in the middle of the second year of a three-year tag-and-recapture study on the walleye population in the inland waterway in Northern Michigan. Researchers now need help from anglers to move the study forward. The tag-and-recapture study consists of jaw tagging walleye to determine movement andSunday, May 27, 2012
Anglers can set out on a charter boat in the morning and enjoy their fresh catch at a restaurant in the afternoon under a new program being launched prior to this Memorial Day weekend in time for the start of the summer season. Called Catch & Cook, the program brings together the best of a Michigan day – time on the water, andTuesday, May 1, 2012
The daily possession limit for walleye in Michigan's waters of Lake Erie will remain at six through April 30, 2013, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. In 2011 Michigan adopted a process for setting regulations that allows the DNR to use real-time population data instead of using year-old survey results. This processWednesday, April 25, 2012
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is excited to announce the purchase of 280 acres of land within the Manistee River watershed. The parcel is completely surrounded by state-owned land located within the Cadillac Forest Management Unit in northeastern Wexford County, 16 miles north of Cadillac. The natural featuresMonday, April 23, 2012
Again this spring, the Department of Natural Resources will collect eggs from spotted muskellunge in the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair to be raised at its Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery. The practice of collecting spotted muskellunge eggs, instead of northern muskellunge eggs, was started last year in an effort to raise a type ofFriday, April 20, 2012
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Southern Lake Huron Management Unit in Fisheries Division has announced a meeting in Bay City to discuss statewide fishing regulation proposals. The meeting will be held on Monday, April 23, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Saginaw Bay Visitor Center within the Bay City State RecreationWednesday, April 18, 2012
The Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division is asking for public input on 3 topics: The management of muskellunge in Michigan. Potential changes to brook trout daily possession limits for Upper Peninsula streams. The management of northern pike in Michigan. The Management of Muskellunge in Michigan Over the pastTuesday, April 10, 2012
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced two more meetings to discuss local and statewide fishing regulation proposals. The Central Lake Michigan Management Unit (Muskegon to Mackinaw City) in Fisheries Division has announced a meeting in Cadillac, and The Eastern Lake Superior Management Unit in Fisheries Division has
