by Editor | Dec 9, 2019 | Fishing
By Jim Bedford With over 50 years and many thousands of hours of hardcore steelheading under my wading belt, I’ve landed a bunch of steelhead I shouldn’t have. Usually, the story involves logs or other underwater obstacles. Most of the time when a steelhead takes you...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2019 | Fishing
By Calvin McShane We sat on 5-gallon buckets, endlessly lifting our rods up and down, jigging for whitefish we hoped liked the rhythmic movement of boiled salmon eggs in 60 feet of water. My fishing partner, who was in his 60s and had fished our current location for...
by Editor | Dec 4, 2019 | Fishing
By Jim Bedford Fall is a busy time on Michigan’s tributaries to the Great Lakes. Four salmon species and three trout species run upstream in the late summer or autumn. All spawn in the fall except for the steelhead. Almost all of Michigan’s steelhead spawn in the late...
by Editor | Nov 20, 2019 | Fishing
By Calvin McShane We had no business being on the stream. The water was high — dangerously so. October blended into 31 days of rain; the sandy soil of the Eastern U.P. became a waterlogged sponge. When Jack called and asked about the prospect of his steelhead trip, I...
by Editor | Nov 20, 2019 | Fishing
By Blake Sherburne I cannot remember catching my first fish. I asked my dad the other night, and he does not remember either. I know that I was ice fishing at an early age because my little sister would not be left home, and my parents remember that dad had to change...
by Editor | Aug 21, 2019 | Conservation, Fishing, Hunting
By Chris Lamphere There will never be another generation like the Baby Boomers, whose unparalleled interest in the outdoors sustained a golden age of wildlife management and conservation. That age is slowly coming to an end as Baby Boomers grow older and become less...
