Sharks in the Great Lakes?

Dear Fish Diary: One of my favorite things to do as a kid was to start screaming “SHARK” while running for the shoreline of Lake Michigan and seeing how many people would hysterically scramble behind me. My friends and I angered many lifeguards and I never quite...

FISH-A-HOLICS WANTED!

The Search for Michigan’s most Addicted Fishermen starts here…   Dear Fish Diary: The headlines say it all. I am in search of Michigan’s most addicted fishermen. Maybe it’s you. Maybe you know somebody who is so hooked on fishing that their life consists of...

Will Southern Michigan soon be fishing with bears?

Dear Fish Diary: There is no doubt that the Michigan bear population is growing and moving south. When a bear was spotted at a Walmart in Lansing in 2005, I started paying a little more attention to the bear migration. Everybody got all twisted about a bear in a...

A white deer is complicating my fishing life

Dear Fish Diary: Not too long ago, I wrote about how to make up excuses to go fishing. I was trying to help you by giving you reasons to get out and enjoy the lakes and streams with your rod and reel. I was coming to your aid and filling your head full of twisted...

Sometimes, it takes a practical joke to get her hooked

Dear Fish Diary: I have to be honest; some guys really don’t want their girlfriends or spouses to take up fishing. I’m serious. I know it sounds a bit out there, but it’s true. Their excuses run the gauntlet of typical relationship rhetoric. Oh, this is a man’s sport,...