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 […]
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed the catch of a new state-record white perch on Friday, Jan. 24. The white perch was caught by Aaron Slagh of Holland, Mich., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, on Muskegon Lake in Muskegon County at 11 a.m. The fish weighed 1.93 pounds and measured 13.25 inches. Slagh was ice […]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a fresh idea in vacation destinations. The DNR seeks volunteers to spend a week or two between March 1 and Dec. 20 acting as lighthouse keepers for the Tawas Point Lighthouse, located on the grounds of Tawas Point State Park along the shores of Lake Huron […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan — The federal government could more quickly implement a plan to keep the Great Lakes free of Asian carp if the region’s citizens and elected officials agreed on the best approach to take, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official said Thursday. The Corps has been accused of dragging its feet since […]
The Department of Natural Resources confirmed the catch of a new state record flathead catfish on Monday, Jan. 13. The catfish was caught by Dale Blakley of Niles, Mich., on Sunday, Jan. 12, on Barron Lake in Cass County at 3 p.m. The fish weighed 52.0 pounds and measured 46.02 inches. Blakley was ice fishing […]
Brest Bay, lake Erie Michigan fishing report: Didn’t mark a sizable schools of perch. The bite was slow to non-existent in some of the spots. Didn’t seem as though the fish were moving. Perch were caught on chartreuse and orange jigs tipped with a small shiner. Never saw a walleye caught. Way to windy to […]
A four-phase, five-year process is underway to restore one of the largest coastal wetlands in Lake Erie. Erie Marsh contains 2,217 acres of wetlands that are home to 65 species of fish and 300 species of migratory birds. That’s according to The Nature Conservancy, the organization tasked with cleaning up the marsh. Only around 5 […]