by Brian Kozminski | Aug 16, 2024 | Environment, Uncategorized
On November 2, 2023, the dam operator submitted a report to FERC on the turbidity readings the operator’s contractor had observed while they were doing maintenance on the dam that included the following two statements: “6) Since Boyne began monitoring turbidity on...
by Trout Unlimited | Sep 29, 2023 | Environment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
The Mitten State has a thriving trout population, a fly fisherman’s dream, to say the least.However, it hasn’t always been this way, and it could change in the near future. Four trout species inhabit Michigan waterways; most are not native to the state; some, like the...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 3, 2023 | Environment, News & Updates
CAMP GRAYLING- geographically in between two of the best rivers in the Midwest- The Au Sable and the Manistee Rivers. This has been a very hot topic lately. Many believe this was a quick land grab from the Military Base in Grayling from the DNR. There have been many...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 6, 2022 | Environment, Lifestyle, News & Updates, Uncategorized
By now, word has spread much like the algal bloom that has made the rock snot a top news concern for trout anglers in Michigan. Didymo confirmed in the Upper Manistee River from November streamer float with water quality specialist Sam Day from LTBBOI. When I first...
by Brian Kozminski | Dec 8, 2021 | Environment, Lifestyle, News & Updates
Catch limit Harvest limit is one. Proposal by the DNR actually the NRC. Which is confusing to me. Many are misled to believe this is DNR generated amendment to the Fisheries Order and often these proposals do have their genesis in a meeting of DNR biologists and NRC...
by Brian Kozminski | Dec 6, 2021 | Environment, Uncategorized
“Hey, Koz, can you back the boat up?””Did you snag again?””No, I saw something, we need to check it out.””is it a dead body?”(thinking it was a trout/hoping it was a merganser)”No, I think I saw some suspect algal...