5 Essential Safety Tips When Fishing and Boating With Your Dog
With a bit of planning and forethought Fishing and Boating with your dog can be a safe and enriching experience.
Here are five tips.
Fishing
Michigan’s inland and Great Lakes are Sportsmen’s paradise for fishing. Thumbwind looks for news that impacts the commercial and sports fishing industries in Michigan and the Great Lakes
Here are our top articles covering fishing.
Bill Looks to Reel In Michigan DNR on Commercial Fishing Rule Making
Senate Bill 251 would amend the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to restrict the DNR’s authority to issue Fisheries Orders to manage the Michigan licensed commercial fishery.
Brenke Fish Ladder in Lansing Michigan
The Brenke Fish Ladder was built in 1981. Its to help fish swimming up the Grand River pass the dam without injury. The fish ladder is a peaceful place to visit along the river.
Indiana Whitefish State Record Broken
Phil Duracz of Chesterton, Indiana, broke the state record for whitefish while fishing on Lake Michigan near Portage on March 6. Duracz’s catch weighed 9.34 pounds, besting the previous record from 2019 by 1.65 pounds. Lake whitefish state records are the most frequently broken in Indiana in the past decade. This is the eighth time … Read more
Ohio Reduces Take Limit For Perch Fishing on Lake Erie
The Ohio DNR reduces limit for Yellow Perch on Lake Erie due to low stocks of the popular fish.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will reduce the limits for perch fishing in the central zone beginning Saturday, May 1, 2021.
Why You Should Eat Wild Caught American Fish
We have been following the plight of commercial fishing on the Great Lakes for several years. As a result, we have been contacted by folks around the country to let us know that the assault on commercial fishing for wild caught fish is not only happening in Michigan but every fishing area in North America.
