by Trout Unlimited | Apr 14, 2010 | Environment, News & Updates
Michigan Trout Unlimited is pleased to announce that an agreement signed Monday will provide for the restoration of the Pigeon River by removing the Golden Lotus Dam located near Vanderbilt, Mich. You have seen us mention this ongoing case in past emails,...
by Jordan Lindberg | Apr 11, 2010 | Environment, News & Updates
The 14th Annual Adams Chapter Banquet will be held at the Williamsburg Dinner Theater on Saturday, April 17, 2010. This is the chapter’s only fund-raising event and all monies raised will allow the chapter to continue to support local stream improvements,...
by Ted Kraimer | Apr 11, 2010 | Angling Reports
The rain we needed finally came along with a little snow too. The grass has turned from brown to green and the rivers have a little more chrome/silver in them. Steelhead anglers will find the Manistee and Betsie rivers to have some fresh fish coming through since they...
by Jordan Lindberg | Apr 6, 2010 | News & Updates
A quick note about the fallout from last year’s Pigeon River situation — namely, the failure of the dam at the Golden Lotus Yoga Center on the Pigeon River, which caused a massive fish kill for miles downstream from the dam site. The Traverse City...
by Jordan Lindberg | Apr 1, 2010 | Angling Reports
This amazing weather has all of us either on the water chasing trout and steelies, or wishing that we were. I spent Wednesday afternoon and evening over on the Au Sable and can report that the bugs are making a stronger appearance. It’s the Usual Suspects for...
by Ted Kraimer | Apr 1, 2010 | Angling Reports
We need them. … Rain. Everything is dry around Northern Michigan and our rivers and steelhead run reflect it. Anglers will find the local waters to be clear and low and under bright skies. Steelhead are in the local rivers, but not in the numbers associated with...
by Ted Kraimer | Mar 25, 2010 | Angling Reports
The high and dirty water that we experienced 1 ½ weeks ago has come and gone. The rivers have come back to near-normal levels and the clarity is just about ideal right now – especially with this high sun and blue skies. The lack of rain is keeping the run of fish to a...
by Ted Kraimer | Mar 19, 2010 | Angling Reports
The end of last week brought some much needed rain and that’s all it took to finish off the snow, melt a lot of the ponds/backwaters, and thaw the swamps. We had a really good push of water on the local rivers – perhaps a little too much, but since we had such a light...
