I lived, grew up next to and fished Saginaw Bay all my life. It was always cloudy and stained year-round. Only places well North of the Saginaw River mouth (like Tawas or Caseville nearer Lake Huron) showed any signs of semi-clear waters. Around 1988/89 I remember a particular fishing trip out of ...

This posted study is very unique in my mind. For a lot of my fishing years, I've preached that all fish were purely and fully instinctual. Meaning they had little if any kind of a rationalizing or thinking brain. This included their spawning habits, and everything connected to that choice. I've ...

Showcasing the DNR: Don’t put all your (fish) eggs in one basket

Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Restored reef in Saginaw Bay diversifies spawning habitat and promotes resilience
Showcasing the DNR
Don ’t put all your (fish) eggs in one basket
Restored reef in Saginaw Bay diversifies spawning habitat ...

Got A few more cranks as well.

Not a lot to do in this in-between weather except rig some new lures for spring jigging season. Berkley just came out with some new Power Baits called Drip Minnow Swimmers. Ordered a variety of sizes and colors and ready rigged matched a few with jig heads for quick changes. Click on picture for ...

Light blue header with Great Lakes Fishery Commission name and logo
First page of a press release about supplemental sea lamprey control.
For Immediate Release
December 4, 2025

Contact:
Greg McClinchey, 226-980-9193

SUPPLEMENTAL SEA LAMPREY CONTROL MOVES FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTATION STAGE ...

Man, its looking great. I'm assuming that berm island near the retention berm just might be the new lake launch sight.

Sedition? Treason? Or 18 U.S.C. § 2387?

Frank

Reprinted with permission from Michigan Outdoor news

Legislation would fund Fisheries Division
Additional funds would boost fish production

By Victor Skinner

Contributing Writer

Muskegon, Mich. — A coalition of Michigan anglers is promoting legislation to rework funding for the Michigan ...

For Immediate Release
October 16, 2025

Contact:
Greg McClinchey, 226-980-9193

CHANNEL ISLAND REEF CONSTRUCTION IN SAGINAW BAY
INCREASING FISH SPAWNING HABITAT AND RESILIENCE ALONG NORTHEAST SHORELINE

ANN ARBOR, MI—A newly constructed nearshore rock reef by Channel Island in Saginaw Bay is ...

Frank Krist

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Mon, Oct 6 at 11:52 PM

Hello Everyone,

The Lansing Legislature passed the 2026 Budget Bill and it will be signed by the Governor. The DNR is preparing a statement that will be released ...

Fwd: FW: Great Lakes Salmon Initiative - License HB 5093 Introduced
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Hello Everyone,

Ed Blissick from the Great Lakes Salmon Initiative has been ...

Broke the New/new G3 in yesterday in style on the PM lake. Actually was ready to hang it up as we were fishless for the first 5 hours, even though fish were breaking and jumping all around us starting right at daylight. Then the wind picked up to a sustained 15/20 and from 1:00 to 3:30 in the ...

Representative Cavitt joins Michigan House in attack on fishing
Editorials and columns
Sep 15, 2025

Jim Johnson
Fishery Biologist (Retired)



What does our Representative Cam Cavitt have against us anglers?


I cannot help but like Mr. Cavitt personally, but he has deeply disappointed me in his ...

It seems the distractions, lies and narratives will continue to both point accusing fingers at specific trusted allies and draw as many attentions away from Trumps efforts to expose the Deep State scums and democrats now struggling to stay in command and power. This ploy now recently and more ...

Haven't posted here in a while. But I needed to after this.

I purposely stayed off the internet yesterday after hearing about Charlie Kirks assassination. Because I knew I would read comments or hear about things happening and being said politically by the left and the scum Dems, that would (even ...

Hello Everyone,

Michigan House Bill 4706 of 2025 just passed the house and it massively cuts funds of State Departments including the DNR. Deputy Director, Shanno Lott, has provided the attached overview of these cuts within the DNR and related agencies. Deputy Director Lott is organizing an online ...

Some teaching elements are good. Others outstanding.

A State Department of Fish and Wildlife sends a letter to a home/landowner asking for permission to access a creek on his property to document the decline in a certain species of unheard of frogs.

The property owners' response in the second ...