How students from a one-room schoolhouse turned fishing lures into reel-world learning By AILEEN KEMMECommunications coordinatorMichigan Department of Natural Resources “How can we design and create fishing lures that will attract the fish we’re fishing for and sell well in our area?” It’s the kind of question you might expect to hear at a tackle shop before the […]
Stone Lab offering 2026 summer seminars showcasing Great Lakes partners and Lake Erie science Ohio Sea Grant College Program and Stone Laboratory, Press Release Curious about Lake Erie and Ohio science? Join Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab for weekly research presentation webinars this summer. The public can attend free Summer Seminar presentations every Thursday from 7-8 […]
May 27, 2026Contact: Curt Wemple, 231-444-8029 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that seven communities throughout the state will share $4.035 million in Waterways Grant-in-Aid Program funding to improve public access to recreational boating. This year, projects in Benzie, Emmet, Mackinac, Marquette, Ottawa and Sanilac counties were approved for projects that include marina dredging, […]
Juvenile and adult sturgeon raised through stocking programs are surviving in the wild, returning to their native rivers and beginning to naturally spawn in some systems. It’s a major milestone for one of the Great Lakes’ oldest and most threatened fish species. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A quarter century after scientists and tribal biologists began […]
An angler from Lowell, Michigan, caught a new state-record fish: a gizzard shad that weighed 4.45 pounds and measured 20.3 inches long! Sedrick Neinhuis was spincasting on the Grand River in Kent County on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 22, when he brought in the record-breaker. This fish beats the previous state-record gizzard shad, which […]
Nearly $100,000 will help local governments and nonprofit organizations improve Michigan waterways The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that $99,965 will be awarded through 20 grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations for stream cleanup and monitoring through the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) Program. These annual grants help foster […]
DNR reminds anglers of lake sturgeon fishing regulations and rehabilitation efforts As spring arrives, anglers fishing in our rivers may unexpectedly find themselves with a lake sturgeon on the line. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that special regulations exist for lake sturgeon, and fishing for lake sturgeon is prohibited except in a […]
We all know fish swim and move. But the when, where and why often remains a mystery for anglers and fisheries managers alike. Managing fish populations requires a comprehensive understanding of fish behavior – driven by the biology of the fish and the environments they live in – as well as the anglers who value […]
Lake Erie anglers can expect the 2024 fishing season to again offer world- renowned opportunities, according to the DNR. Following years of strong walleye hatches, Lake Erie continues to affirm that it is The Walleye Capital of the World. Additionally, a stable yellow perch population in Lake Erie’s west zone will provide good fishing in […]
This is good news for sportfishermen HB 5108 would have allowed commercial netting operations to take game fish Recently, Rep. Amos O’Neal (Saginaw) introduced HB 5553, a bill that would modernize the commercial fishing industry and keep gamefish out of commercial nets. Rep. O’Neal introduced this bill after months of work with MUCC. This bill contrasts […]