CRISIS: MI DNR
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FUNDING CRISIS

General Fund reductions and depletion of several of our major restricted funds (Game and Fish Protection Fund, Forest Development Fund and Park Improvement Fund) will require additional and more sever...

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Manistee Splash Tournament

The Mansitee Salmon Splash was held on July 28th and 29th out of Manistee Michigan with a total of 76 boats - 43 Am and 33 Pro. Controversy surrounding the tribal commercial fishing nets leading up to the tournament seems to have affected the turno...
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Clarkin’ the Big Fish Bash 2007 

The second week of July brings the week-long tournament “The Big Fish Bash” to the western shores of Lake Michigan. Formerly known as “Salmon-a-Rama”, the event is hosted by t...
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Walleyes After Dark
Walleyes are built for hunting at night. Armed with keen night vision, a super- sensitive lateral line and a highly developed sense of hearing, walleyes have the upper hand under the cover of darkness and take full advantage of it. It’s a wonde...
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Ludington Tournament

The Ludington Gander Mountain Offshore Classic was held July 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd in Ludington, Michigan.  This is the largest of the tournament trail stops bringing in 159 Amateur and 60 Pro boats to the Lake Michigan port, while entrie...
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Best Fall Chinook
For many Michigan sportsmen fall means salmon; big, mature Chinook salmon. While other outdoorsmen are practicing with their bows or shooting rounds of skeet to get ready for the upcoming hunting season, serious anglers are taking advantage of the se...
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Walleye Smackdown 2007
For those of you who have never been to one of our Educated Angler outings, I can only say, “You don’t know what you are missing!” The EA walleye smack down was the first such event I had ever attended and I am very happy I did.

My Son Corey and I met Reid (Red Rider), Bob (Birddog), Terry (Green Machine), Shirley (The Dip maker extraordinaire), Paul and Deb, at a truck stop on interstate 94 to hook my boat to Reid’s Suburban for the trip over to Toledo Beach. W...
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Combat Fishing Techniques

As much as we may gripe and grumble or far worse, the fact is that when fish congregate in “hot spots” so will fishermen and the ensuing traffic conditions will get pretty dicey at times. After a short while of being boxed in, boxed out, cut off, pushed off course, tangled on other boat’s gear, cussed at, mooned and being told by gesture that you are in fact “number one” you will understand the title of this piece. With the late summer/fall runs of Chinook soon ap...
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Clarkin' the Little Dandy

It has been almost a year now since I first met Mike Curreri at the Educated Angler Salmon outing in Ludington.  We had originally made a connection through the EA.com chat-room, but had never been able to meet up in person.  While conversing over dinner and dockside chat in Ludington, I was excited to find out that Mike and I share a passion…that being trolling for walleyes on Lake Erie.  A week or so after the salmon outing, Mike gave ...
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