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  • Annual report highlights Michigan DNR Fisheries Division's 2016 accomplishments and activities

    Annual report highlights Michigan DNR Fisheries Division's 2016 accomplishments and activities

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that the DNR Fisheries Division's report highlighting various management efforts accomplished during Fiscal Year 2016 is available online at michigan.gov/fishing.

  • Michigan Survey to Track Lake St. Clair Juvenile Muskellunge

    Michigan Survey to Track Lake St. Clair Juvenile Muskellunge

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is preparing to start the second year of an annual survey to track Lake St. Clair's muskellunge population. The survey focuses on juvenile muskellunge populations to determine what the future of the fishery might look like.

  • Dam Removal Brings New Life to Michigan River

    Dam Removal Brings New Life to Michigan River

    For nearly a century, the Pigeon River in the northeast Lower Peninsula has been a beautiful, blue-ribbon trout stream scarred with a flaw sometimes fatal to fish – a dam situated about 15 miles downstream from the river's source.

  • Michigan Observes Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week

    Michigan Observes Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week

    Angler washing off his boat after going fishing Gov. Rick Snyder has proclaimed July 3-9 as Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week in Michigan, and state departments are observing the week with outreach events at more than 50 boat launches statewide.

  • 2015 Michigan-licensed commercial fishing harvest steady, value down 7 percent as price of whitefish cools

    2015 Michigan-licensed commercial fishing harvest steady, value down 7 percent as price of whitefish cools

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently released data from its 2015 state-licensed commercial fishing season. Combined, the state-licensed commercial fishery caught nearly 3,401,000 pounds of fish with an estimated wholesale dockside value of more than $5.4 million prior to processing, marketing and retail sales.

  • New website provides information, insight on Michigan's invasive species

    New website provides information, insight on Michigan's invasive species

    Residents struggling with invasive species or seeking help on how to identify plants, insects and animals considered invasive are invited to explore the state’s new Michigan Invasive Species website – www.michigan.gov/invasives – for answers and assistance.

  • Michigan Grand Fish, Grand River Display Opens Jan. 23 at Grand Rapids Museum

    Michigan Grand Fish, Grand River Display Opens Jan. 23 at Grand Rapids Museum

    The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) announced today a brand new exhibition, Grand Fish, Grand River, will open Saturday, Jan. 23. This new exhibit is a thematic extension of the current West Michigan Habitats exhibit, and includes two 10-month-old Lake Sturgeon.

  • Required Registration for Bass Tournaments in 2016

    Required Registration for Bass Tournaments in 2016

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources would like to remind those planning or organizing a bass fishing tournament in 2016 that all tournaments must be registered with the DNR.

  • Michigan DNR Works to Reduce Pressure on Saginaw Bay Yellow Perch

    Michigan DNR Works to Reduce Pressure on Saginaw Bay Yellow Perch

    An experimental commercial whitefish venture — operating out of Harbor Beach in Huron County and farther south than similar Lake Huron commercial enterprises — is not only paying dividends for the fisherman involved, it's designed to benefit Michigan's sport fishing anglers as well.

  • Michigan Works with Partners to Stop Aquatic Invaders

    Michigan Works with Partners to Stop Aquatic Invaders

    Michigan is known nationally for its excellent fishing opportunities. There aren't many states where within an hour's drive world class fishing for steelhead, bass, carp, muskellunge, walleye, and resident trout exist. Michigan's trout fisheries are arguably the best of all and it's no accident that Trout Unlimited was founded along the banks of Michigan's Au Sable River. The trout fishing experience in Michigan expands well beyond the act of catching a trout. - See more at: http://www.thefishingwire.com/story/358993#sthash.U2FSzwY5.dpuf

  • Michigan Angler Holds Slim Lead At Lake Erie Open

    Michigan Angler Holds Slim Lead At Lake Erie Open

    David Reault of Livonia, Mich., takes the lead on Day 1 of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open #3 presented by Allstate held on Lake Erie out of Sandusky, Ohio. Reault brought 25 pounds, 9 ounces to the scales at Thursday's weigh-in. Photo by Shaye Baker/Bassmaster

  • Michigan Weirs During Egg-Take Program

    Michigan Weirs During Egg-Take Program

    Employee pushing fish through the egg-take process at Little Manistee River WeirThe Department of Natural Resources is offering free tours to the public and school groups this fall at the Boardman River Weir located in downtown Traverse City, the Little Manistee River Weir located in Manistee County, and the Platte River Weir located in Benzie County. Tours are available throughout September and October.

  • Michigan DNR Announces Surplus Salmon Available to Public

    Michigan DNR Announces Surplus Salmon Available to Public

    The public again this year is invited to purchase surplus salmon that has been harvested at Michigan Department of Natural Resources weirs around the state.

  • DNR Requests Angler Assistance in Lake Michigan Smallmouth Study

    DNR Requests Angler Assistance in Lake Michigan Smallmouth Study

    Tagged smallmouth bass being held by DNR employeeThe Department of Natural Resources is requesting help from anglers in an ongoing study of smallmouth bass in northern Lake Michigan.

  • Relocation of Endangered Mussels Will Allow for Dam Removal on Michigan's Grand River

    Relocation of Endangered Mussels Will Allow for Dam Removal on Michigan's Grand River

    Close-up of snuffbox musselThe Department of Natural Resources today announced that the next step to remove the Lyons Dam on the Grand River in Ionia County will proceed as officials start searching for threatened and endangered mussels and moving them out of harm's way.

  • Plano To Sponsor Plano Bassmaster Elite on Michigan's Lake St. Clair

    Plano To Sponsor Plano Bassmaster Elite on Michigan's Lake St. Clair

    Plano, the iconic fishing brand that has made it their mission to innovate and elevate tackle storage and organization since 1952, continues to support bass fishing at all levels – most recently through title sponsorship of the Aug. 27-30 Plano Bassmaster Elite event on Michigan's Lake St. Clair.

  • More Than 20 Million Fish Stocked Mean Abundant Angler Opportunities in Michigan

    More Than 20 Million Fish Stocked Mean Abundant Angler Opportunities in Michigan

    DNR stocking salmon on Huron RiverThe Department of Natural Resources today announced the final totals from its spring fish-stocking efforts. DNR fisheries staff stocked a total of 20,099,988 fish that weighed more than 325 tons and consisted of nine different species and one hybrid.

  • Northern Michigan University Wins Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Regional

    Northern Michigan University Wins Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Regional

    Justin Brown (left) and Brandon Bissell of Northern Michigan University weighed in 15 pounds, 8 ounces to take home the trophy Saturday during the 2015 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Midwestern Regional presented by Bass Pro Shops held on Mississippi River out of La Crosse, Wis.