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Friday, October 20, 2023

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- An autonomous quiet vessel that has been traveling across the Great Lakes is back on dry land. Saildrone's mission to gather data began in June. We're here in Charlevoix and on last Wednesday we were fortunate enough to capture Saildrone being towed underneath the drawbridge after more than 50

by: Heather Bricca, Up North Live

tags: Education, Environmental Impact, Fishing, Great Lakes

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

David Cichosz pictured with his record-breaking coho salmon (Courtesy of DNR) (Supplied) ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota angler David Cichosz broke a 53-year-old state record with a coho salmon he caught during a fishing trip on Lake Superior in September. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) certified

by: Katie Wermus, FOX 9

tags: Awards, Fishing, Lake Superior

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – A major maritime shoreline revitalization project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will bring both economic and climate benefits when it expectedly reopens to the public next summer. The multi-million-dollar project involves repairs at the old Union Carbide Dock seawall in Sault Ste. Marie, cleanup

by: Sheri McWhirter, mlive

tags: Coast Guard, Economic Impact, Fishing, Job Opportunites, Lake Superior, Michigan

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Fall means popular splake fishing on Lake Superior. And the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking anglers to help them understand better how the fish live in the largest Great Lake. The DNR has stocked splake, a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout, in Lake Superior most years since 1971, and every year since

by: Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press

tags: Fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Michigan

Thursday, September 28, 2023

A Fond du Lac Band member holds up a lake trout netted on Lake Superior in August. It was the band's first tribal netting in the big lake in more than 160 years. Contributed / Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa DULUTH — Members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have netted lake trout in

by: John Myers, Duluth News Tribune

tags: Fishing, Lake Superior, Minnesota

Friday, September 22, 2023

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s sportsmen and women will join millions of others nationwide in celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday, Sept. 23, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. This year will be the 51st celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day, which

by: Ohio Department of Natural Resources

tags: Fishing, Lake Erie, ODNR, Ohio

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Illinois has ended the statewide testing of fish from Illinois lakes and rivers for organochlorine pesticides such as DDT. Testing for other contaminants, such as methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, is not be affected by the change. Willemert/Getty Images/iStockphoto SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has ended the statewide

by: Ronald DeBrock, The Telegraph

tags: Environmental Impact, Fishing, Illinois, Lake Michigan

Monday, August 21, 2023

– On Sunday, July 30 the Huron-Clinton Metroparks partnered with the Lake St. Clair Walleye Association to host a kid’s fishing tournament. The walleye association has been hosting the event for 20 years, but this year the Metroparks partnered with them to bring additional awareness and attendance to the event, and get

by: Huron-Clinton Metroparks

tags: Fishing, Lake St Clair, Michigan

Monday, August 14, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - Those with an appetite for fish caught in the Great Lakes should be wary of how much they consume from some of the region's largest water bodies, and should entirely avoid fish from some tributaries in Southeast Michigan. That's the advice from the health department's Eat Safe Fish guidelines, which unveiled

by: Jack Nissen, Fox 2 Detroit

tags: Fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior

Monday, August 7, 2023

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources continues to help enhance fish populations in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior through its 2023 stocking efforts. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, WISCONSIN DNR The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) continues to help enhance fish populations in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior through

by: Lake Geneva Regional News

tags: Fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Wisconsin

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