Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Tag Archives: Fishing
Black Lake Sturgeon: Stocking is paying off
By Howard Meyerson ONAWAY, MI – Preliminary findings from a sturgeon mark-and-recapture study in August on Black Lake show that most are stocked and raised in a hatchery, a small number are wild, and a large percentage are juveniles. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lake, Conservation, DNR, Environment, Fish, Fishing, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Nature, Sturgeon
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Michigan’s Outdoor Show Season Gets Underway With Attractions for Many Different Interests
By Howard Meyerson Whether fishing the open waters of Lake Michigan for salmon, the scenic Au Sable River for brown trout, or a hidden inland lake for bass, Lucian Gizel prefers to go by kayak. The 52-year-old industrial engineer, from … Continue reading
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Tagged Boats, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Hunting, Outdoor Shows, Paddling, RVs
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New driftboat design coming from Phil Croff; construction to be documented on Fiberglass Manifesto
If you enjoyed the story earlier this fall about Phil Croff, the northern Michigan wood driftboat builder and owner of Croff Craft Custom Driftboats, you will want to check out Cameron Mortenson’s Blog, The Fiberglass Manifesto. Mortenson just announced that he plans … Continue reading
Bountiful: Kalamazoo River steelhead abundant
By Howard Meyerson ALLEGAN, MI — Miles Hanley was in the middle of setting rods when the first one began to thrash around. We were just five minutes down river from the Allegan Dam launch site and things were already … Continue reading
Sportman’s 20 year opening day tradition: hunting for muskie, not deer
By Howard Meyerson When Michigan’s firearm deer season opened last month and thousands of hunters took to the fields with their rifles and shotguns, Will Schultz went out with a different quarry in mind. The Grand Rapids sportsman planned to … Continue reading
Year 2: Lake Huron Atlantic salmon program underway
By Howard Meyerson GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Atlantic salmon will again be stocked at four Lake Huron locations in 2014. State officials are gearing up for the second round in a five-year experiment to … Continue reading
Salmon Limit: Five fish a day in ’14
By Howard Meyerson GRAND HAVEN, MI – Salmon anglers can look forward keeping five per day again in 2014. That’s what Michigan DNR fisheries managers have concluded after reviewing 2013 catch rates and angler … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservation, DNR, Fishing, Lake Michigan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Salmon
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Michigan’s Croff Craft Custom Driftboats; small boats with big attitude
By Howard Meyerson Phil Croff wasn’t planning to start a boat-building business when he constructed his first driftboat in 2006, using Michigan cedar and walnut. He was looking for a safe way to fish rivers at night—a time when big … Continue reading
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Tagged Artisans, Boat building, Boats, Croff Craft Custom Driftboats, Driftboats, Fishing, Harbor Springs Michigan, Orvis, Phl Croff, Woodcraft
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2013 Salmon Returns: The lowdown on the slowdown
By Howard Meyerson GRAND HAVEN, MI — Salmon fishing is defined a lot of different ways in Michigan. Much depends on who you talk with and their perspective. River guides are calling the 2013 fall run an “outstanding,” “banner,” or … Continue reading
Commission: GL sea lamprey declining
By Howard Meyerson ANN ARBOR, MI — A draft Great Lakes Fishery Commission assessment of sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes contains good news and, well, not-so-good news. Sea lampreys in the Great Lakes basin have declined by nearly … Continue reading
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