DISCOVERING | New Fishing Regulations, Mild Winter Effects, Steelhead, Smelt Report & More


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Episode 82 - I talk to the Michigan DNR about possible effects of our mild winter on our fisheries both inland and Lake Superior, and what they are keeping an eye on. Plus I caught up with a few steelhead anglers, hunted down a smelt report for you from across the Superior shoreline, and a quick story about a new youth trap shooting program here in the U.P.

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