RECENT EDITIONS

Michigan’s inland cisco fisheries
Michigan is blessed with at least 153 lakes around the state where native cisco can be found. Cisco, a member of the whitefish subfamily of trout/salmon, are often called lake herring in the Great Lakes, according to a research summary by Carl Latta, MDNR Research...

Saginaw River Walleyes 2023
This year will mark the first time anglers have been able to fish the Saginaw River for walleye between March 15 and the last Saturday in April since the system’s walleye began their historic comeback. In past years, anglers got a taste of the potential when ice...

Wolves in Michigan have surpassed federal and state population recovery goals for 22 years
Results from the 2022 wolf survey show population remains stable... Wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources released their findings from the latest Michigan gray wolf survey. The survey, conducted in early 2022, shows the wolf...

Go hard baits for CRAPPIES
Plastics are a go-to bait for winter crappies because crappies feed mainly on minnows. Friends who fish the NAIF ice-fishing circuit tell me when they know specks are the likely target, plastics are on the end of their lines. But there are times when a change in baits...

WASHTENAW COUNTY’S 22-POINT, 200-INCH BUCK
Patrick Conklin had a rifle deer season opener that he will never forget and probably never best. Patrick leases an old horse farm in Washtenaw County. On November 15, he decided to hunt a stand where his son had seen a rather nice 10-pointer. This stand can only be...

Gear up for walleyes
There are nearly as many ways to catch walleyes as there are walleyes (millions of them), but the first step in being successful when targeting walleyes beneath the ice is the same as the first step in open-water fishing – having the right gear. Possessing appropriate...