This is an article from my good friend Robert Montgomery over at activist angler he keeps me up to date on things that are happening with threats and environmental news with the great lakes region here . I can’t thank him enough for doing this. So with out...
This month OIM will be running a photo contest. We want to see your best fish or maybe its just a fish with a really cool story. Send us your pics and your story. Every week we will share some of our favorites here on the site. At the end of the month we will pick our...
I would like to say thanks to everyone that entered to win these sweet ice plastics. I know myself and Jeremy over at J and S appreciated the response we got. The winners are: James Duffy from St. Clair shores Michigan he won the random selection. Brian Kingsley is...
I have been on the hunt for several years for a true dropshot rod for fishing gills and yellow perch on the inland lakes here in Michigan. No matter what brand of rods I had looked at I just couldn’t seem to find what I was looking for. I was trying to find a...
It’s that time of the year, there is way too much going on in the outdoors. The steelhead are starting to run, the ducks are migrating, the deer are getting close to rut, and perch fishing is in full swing. But it also means that it is soon time to fish for...
Salmon are winding down but good numbers of steelhead are moving into the rivers. Those that fish outside the Thumb should be able to catch whitefish from the piers in November. Go with a long limber pole, a slip bobber and a small hook baited with a wax worm or...
The Department of Natural Resources announced that the participation goal for the first year of the Recreation Passport was met and exceeded by Michigan citizens. The Recreation Passport, an optional $10 fee that can be paid at the time of motor vehicle renewal, is...
The channel catfish traveled 415 miles from Leiter, Wyo. The angler about 810 miles from Okoboji, Iowa and the two met on the Yellowstone River near Pompey’s Pillar, Mont. The result was the fish taking the dead minnow the general surgeon...
A few weeks back I wrote about a Sturgeon Fishing trip with a new conservation group here in Michigan. On the boat I was on we also had Jenny Olsen from Michigan Out-of-Doors TV. Well she caught the who fight and how our boat got the rod that was hooked into this...
Strong winds continue to hamper fishing effort and as we move closer to November, most have put their big water boats away. Shore anglers and those in small boats are still fishing the rivers for trout, salmon and the occasional walleye. SOUTHEAST LOWER...
