by Brian Kozminski | Nov 11, 2012 | Environment, Uncategorized
For the past couple of years the MVWTU Chapter has been monitoring and mapping brown trout spawning habitat. It wasn’t until this past fall that a few questions were raised by fellow anglers that I deemed worthy of attention. Let me divulge with a little history...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 11, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle, News & Updates
I had the honor and privilege to sit in on a conference call yesterday with a boat load of industry pro’s and shakers. Names like Sadler, Bennett, Sepelak, Perkins, Hosler, Smythe, Payne, Colyer, Hunt, and Maclin and a couple I have met- like Tucker and Schmidt-...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 3, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Environment, Trips & Guides
Have you ever spent far too much time in the map section at the bookstore? Pouring over little squiggly blue lines on county maps that have little or no road access. Then go home and pull up Google Earth or FlashEarth and zoom in between the latitude & longitude...
by Brian Kozminski | Sep 28, 2012 | Environment
Click on the link below for a short video~ Maple River Conservation The Miller Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimted has been actively involved in hopes of restoring the Maple River in Emmet County to its once more pristine and ecologically rich Blue Ribbon quality of...
by Brian Kozminski | Sep 28, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle
The salmon season has been spectacular. All along the northern Michigan coast, from Ludington to Cheboygan, reports of better than average fish have been taken. The summer has whizzed us by. Getting back in the school routine has been a comfortable challenge. Morning...
by Brian Kozminski | Sep 6, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle
It was a brisk September morning two years back. I recall it vividly. Fog hung low in the fens and valleys, you could smell the musty odor of ferns beginning to decompose. The sun intermittenly poked its face through trees and hills hi-lighting the smoke grass and...