Michigan Fishing News

Thirty-five newly installed highway billboards near lakes and rivers are warning Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and Michigan boaters and anglers this summer not to pick up Aquatic Hitchhikers. In addition, signs in Minnesota at the Twin Cities International Airport, show what the invasive fugitives can look like and how to stop them before they stow-away on boats and trailers and spread to other waters. Television ads during favorite Saturday morning fishing shows are showing sportsmen how to take action against invasive species. Wanted posters in local papers are instructing residents: Wanted Dead, Not Alive.

CHEBOYGAN, Michigan - The Michigan Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Burt Mullett in Cheboygan, Michigan, June 6 for the first of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

Catch this week's episode of Fishing 411 with Mark Romanack, available on The Sportsman Channel. Mark goes fishing on Lake Michigan off the port of Muskegon and is after giant king salmon. Cold water has brought the fish close to shore and mark is targeting them with downriggers, walker divers, planer boards and lead core. The expert troller shows us why it's important to be on the water at first light and how glow spoons can be effective early in the day. Mark also shows us how to rig and add a line, (also called stacker) for bonus fish. He also talks about when flashers and flies can and should be used. Lots of big Lake Michigan salmon and trout on this episode of Fishing 411 with Mark Romanack!

TRENTON, Michigan - Boater Michael Trombly of Perrysburg, Ohio, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Michigan Division Super Tournament on the Detroit River with a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 40 pounds even. The victory earned Trombly $4,578 plus an $808 Ranger bonus.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan- Boater Chip Harrison of Bremen, Indiana, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® Michigan Division tournament on the St. Clair River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 24 pounds. The victory earned Harrison $3,727, plus a $657 Ranger Bonus, and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Cherokee Lake Regional Championship in Morristown, Tenn., Oct. 16-18, where he could ultimately win a new 198VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

DETROIT, Michigan - High winds meant rough waters for the anglers competing in the $1.5 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour Chevy Open on the Detroit River, but in the end Team Kellogg's pro Alvin Shaw of State Road, North Carolina, caught a final-round total of 10 bass weighing 39 pounds, 11 ounces to win $200,000. Shaw topped his closest rival, Team Pringles pro Vic Vatalaro of Kent, Ohio, by only three ounces to earn the win and 200 points toward qualifying for the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup in Columbia, S.C., where the winner will earn as much as $1 million - the biggest award in bass fishing - Aug. 14-17.

DETROIT, Michigan - Odenville, Alabama, native Scott Canterbury, who made his mark in the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League before qualifying for the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, won the 2008 Duracell Rookie of the Year award with 817 points over six qualifying events.

Detroit, Michigan - David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, added to his already impressive list of career accomplishments by winning the Land O'Lakes Angler of the Year title Friday at the Wal-Mart FLW Tour's final 2008 qualifier, the Chevy Open on the Detroit River, Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair.

The DNR Lake Michigan Coastal Program (LMCP) and the Coastal Advisory Board kick off the 2009 Coastal Grants funding cycle with a public input meeting, Wednesday, June 25.

The meeting will be at Valparaiso's Forest Park Golf Course Club House, 1155 Sheffield Dr., at 6:15 p.m.

Cheybogan, Michigan- The Michigan Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® will visit Burt Mullet Lake in Cheboygan June 7 for the first of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.