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2025-06-08, 20:11:45I'm planning on moving to a new server within the next 2 to 3 weeks. Just a little friendly warning as there might be a few hours of odd behavior when the process starts. I will try to have it done at night or weekend.
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2025-03-04, 16:50:42The Ultimate Sport Show Grand Rapids is March 13 - March 16 next week!
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2025-03-04, 16:45:26Please visit booth 1929 back by The Hawg Trough to say hi and wish me happy birthday while you're at it! 
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2025-02-09, 14:35:57Stop by booth 5767 near the west end of the Suburban Collection Showplace to keep me company at Outdoorama February 20-23.
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2025-01-23, 15:12:26Next up - Outdoorama in Novi February 20-23, 2025! See you there!
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I'm not trying to rush winter. I'm sure some semblance of winter is on the way. That means we are approaching the 2026 Ultimate Sport Show Tour - the three biggest fishing and outdoor sport shows in Michigan!
Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:30:12 +0000
Yesterday at the Natural Resources Commission meeting in Lansing, science prevailed thanks to many, many persons who took the time to write in, and especially those who showed up to speak before the Commission on Commissioner Walters’ amendment to close bass fishing on the Inland Waterway and Black Lake from May 1 until the third Saturday in June.
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:09:35 +0000
Just before the October Natural Resources Committee meeting on Thursday, October 9, Commissioner John Walters added an amendment to Fisheries Order 206 – “Bass - Closed bass CIR season from May 1 – Friday before the third Saturday in June for Burt, Mullet, Crooked, Pickerel, and Black Lakes and their connecting waters.”
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Now is the best time to be a bass angler on Lake St. Clair in at least the last 50 years according to a recent long-term MDNR fisheries research study.
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:00:54 +0000
Due to low water levels on the Great Lakes, particularly Lake St. Clair, the mouth of the channel at the Michigan DNR Clinton River Cutoff ramp needs to be dredged.
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