Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Tag Archives: Brook Trout
Brook trout study explores life-giving groundwater seeps
By Howard Meyerson CEDAR SPRINGS — Within minutes of each pulling on a pair of waders, Justin Wegner and Graeme Zaparzynski were focused on a trout — a nice, hidden brookie in the clear, shallow waters of Cedar Creek, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Annis Water Resources Institute, Brook Trout, Cedar Creek, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Kent County, Rivers, Trout, Trout Unlimited
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Trout size limit reduced on Type 4 Michigan streams, tightened on coaster streams
By Howard Meyerson Trout anglers headed out for the 2015 fishing season can now keep 7-inch brook trout caught on any of Michigan’s Type 4 trout streams. The Natural Resources Commission approved a new regulation in April reducing the minimum … Continue reading
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Tagged Brook Trout, Conservation, DNR, Fish, Fishing, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Rivers, Trout
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Higher brookie limit on three new waters
By Howard Meyerson GRAND RAPIDS, MI. — Anglers will be able to keep 10 brook trout per day on eight Upper Peninsula streams when the 2015 fishing season opens. DNR Director Keith Creagh earlier this month approved experimental regulations for … Continue reading
Regulations proposed to bring back Michigan’s coaster brook trout
By Howard Meyerson It will take a while, but in a decade or so, anglers once again may be able to fish for coaster brook trout along Michigan’s Lake Superior shoreline and tributaries. State fisheries managers are embarking on a … Continue reading
Brookie survey continues in Upper Peninsula
By Howard Meyerson MARQUETTE, MICH. – Upper Peninsula fisheries managers are collecting data from five U.P. brook trout streams this season with the intent of adding three of those to the state’s experimental brook trout stream category in 2015. Five … Continue reading
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Tagged Brook Trout, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Nature, Rivers, Trout, Upper Peninsula
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Tiny flies and trophy brook trout at Brookhaven Lake
By Howard Meyerson FARWELL, MI — The lure of big brook trout always hooks me. It’s rare I turn down an opportunity to fish them. So, when Jeff Johnson called and invited me to fish at Brookhaven Lake, his private two-acre … Continue reading
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Tagged Brook Trout, Brookhaven Lake, Conservation, Farwell, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Grayling, Great Lakes, Jeff Johnson, Lake Nipigon, Trout
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New weight, length requirements for Michigan’s Master Angler Program
By Howard Meyerson Michigan’s popular Master Angler program recognized a whopping 1,189 anglers including four new state records in 2012, but changes were needed, according to state officials, to bring the program in line with its intended purpose. New rules … Continue reading
U.P. Brook Trout: Five streams will have 10 fish limits
By Howard Meyerson Michigan will have five experimental Upper Peninsula trout streams in 2013 where anglers can keep 10 brook trout per day rather than the current limit of five. That change was approved by Michigan Department of Natural … Continue reading
Dam Removal: Toxics migrate upstream with Great Lakes fish
Here’s a scenario. You catch a brook trout in a seemingly clear and clean stream. There is no industry to speak of, but the stream is open to Great Lakes salmon that come up and spawn and die in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boardman River, Brook Trout, Dam removal, Environment, Fish, Fishing, Great Lakes, Nature, Salmon, Toxic Chemicals
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