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Community members and visitors can celebrate the Fourth of July in a variety of fun ways in Northeast Michigan. Here’s a look ...
Brown trout were introduced to the Great Lakes Northwoods in the late 1800s. Shortly after, the first populations were stocked in and around Lake Michigan – they spread throughout the region and ...
This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers ...
In 2022 the DNR stocked 433,154 brown trout yearlings and 42,547 brown trout fingerlings in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan. The fish were planted in 11 counties from Kenosha to Door.
Others include the Michigan Brown Trout Festival in Alpena, St. Helen Bluegill Festival and the Mancelona Bass Festival. Diana Needham, the president of Kalkaska’s Trout Festival, has been ...
Also stocked were 2.4 million walleye spring fingerlings at 61 inland lakes and rivers and Lake Michigan. Locally, about 120,000 fish (walleye, splake, brown trout, rainbow trout) were stocked in ...
Duffy landed a brown trout on 6 pound line that tipped the scale at 31 pounds, 8 ounces. Word spread quickly in the angling world, and Duffy’s reputation swelled. The record stood for nearly eight ...
Anglers who trolled Lake Michigan’s coastline near Magoon and Gurney creeks also caught a couple brown trout. “Lake trout were found in 120-140 feet of water, straight out from town,” the ...