TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Parasitic sea lampreys may have established a self-sustaining population in Michigan’s Inland Waterway, a nearly 40-mile-long chain of lakes and rivers popular with anglers and boaters, federal scientists said Thursday. It would be the first confirmed case in the Great Lakes region of the invasive lampreys spending their entire life […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan — Gov. Rick Snyder is asking legislators to approve more than $100 million to protect and restore Michigan’s waters through measures ranging from beach monitoring to upgrading sewage infrastructure, aides said Friday. The fiscal 2015 budget Snyder presented this month heralds a yearlong emphasis on water — recognizing its importance to economic […]
MONROE, Mich. — A Michigan utility has welcomed a flock of visitors to the state’s biggest power plant this winter. But they aren’t all that personable. The south-flying out-of-towners — nearly 200 bald eagles — have taken up residence at DTE Energy’s massive plant along Lake Erie, transforming 800 acres in Monroe into their […]
Chicago — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brig. Gen. Margaret Burcham is quite comfortable that the threat of a Great Lakes Asian carp invasion is under control. “We’ve got our electric barrier,” she said before a Jan. 9 public hearing on the Army Corps’ new study that says it will take at least a quarter-century […]
Redfish Eating Rats, Helping Gulf Coast Conservationists The redfish, found in abundance along the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, is much like the catfish and will eat almost anything—dead or alive. Apparently this year, the redfish have discovered how delicious young nutria, furry creatures about one-foot long with 1-1/2-foot-long tails, are. “As long as I have […]
Ohio Sea Grant’s Annual Charter Captains Conference Huron Ohio — For the 33rd year, Ohio Sea Grant’s Charter Captains Conference will help prepare Lake Erie fishing charter boat captains for the upcoming season by providing updates about Lake Erie’s 2014 fishing outlook, environmental conditions, licensing, regulations, and business management. The conference will be held […]
For the third time since 2001, Bay City has been named Port of the Year by Tall Ships America, the Newport, R.I.-based organization that organizes the annual Tall Ships Challenge, a race of tall ships across major bodies of water that includes stops at several port cities. THE PICTURES ARE GREAT!! read more
Fishing has been very slow out in front of Bolles Harbor. The Metro Park Marina has been producing some perch but you have to sort through them. Two gold #4 hooks and a 1/2 bell sinker tipped with small shiners seemed to produce the best. Brest Bay is still on the slow side with a […]
The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America’s Tall Ship and seagoing classroom for future officers in training, is scheduled to arrive March 26 in Morehead City, N.C. From its homeport in New London, Conn., the cutter will sail along the eastern seaboard and transit through Morehead as part of its spring training for Coast Guard and […]