The Baileys Harbor Brown Trout Tournament entered its 24th year with a bang. In what some are calling a single tournament record, two anglers brought in 31-plus-pound trout to the scales. In the end, Jim Dequaine took the more than $1,500 prize back for landing a 31.9-pound brown trout. This to the chagrin of Ryan [...]
Michigan Fishing
Records Will Fall in Lake Michigan This Year?
Last month, a yellow perch was landed on the rocks of Chicago that could have set the Illinois record, had it been officially weighed. But the 2-pound, 1-ouncer is just another local legend. But, that is just a sign of what Chicago Sun-Times outdoor columnist Dale Bowman believes that there could be three new records [...]
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8-Year-Old Lands Record King Mackerel in Alabama
Some breaking news from Zeke's Landing in Orange Beach, Ala.They just posted that 8-year-old Andrew Quinn came down from Michigan and landed a 68.3-pound king mackerel. According to their Facebook Page, Andrew was fishing on the Fish Trap Charters with Captain Billy Neff and deckhand Kelly Collins. The current record is set at 67 pounds, 15 [...]
Detroit River jigging 2012
Well the 2012 season in the Mighty D started off early and with a bang! Great numbers of all sizes of fish are being caught. I am fishing mid river and it seems like everyone is at least catching a few. Verticle jigging Wyandotte Worms on a 3/4 ounce jig is the ticket. Brown ,camo [...]
Chicago Pipefitters Show Off Big City Fishing on National Outdoor TV Show
Long-time fishing buddies and Chicago pipefitters Dan McNally, Fred Popplewell and Kevin Crum will get the chance to show off their fishing skills as they host the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) award-winning TV show, Brotherhood Outdoors for Lake Michigan fishing trip at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 on Sportsman Channel. Brotherhood Outdoors is [...]
Big City Angling, Chicago Style
By Dan McNally, UA Local 597 My love for fishing had a little different start than most. It wasn’t passed on to me by my grandfather or father or something that my friends were into. After all, we lived in the city and in order to fish you had to get on a CTA bus [...]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Measure That Could Keep Asian Carp out of Great Lakes
The Obama Administration has asked for $50 million to protect the Great Lakes from the Asian carp invasion, but the U.S. Supreme Court has not seen the evidence they need to join in the crusade.According to the Christian Science Monitor, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from five states imploring the U.S. Army Corps of [...]
Obama Administration to Spend $50 Million to Keep Carp Out of Great Lakes in 2012
Every angler is worried about Asian carp getting into the Great Lakes, and President Obama's administration is willing to spend a lot of money to keep them out.The Associated Press is reporting that the Obama Administration is planning on spending about $50 million to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes. According to [...]
Pre-spawn & Kayak Fishing
As the steam starts rolling off the lakes during the early morning sunrise, anglers get that feeling of excitement in their stomachs. The pre-spawn is here and for a majority of kayak anglers this is the chance to catch some of the biggest fish of the year. As the days [...]
