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Tag: steelhead

A sandy road runs between tall red pines, with orange saplings on the left and a snow-covered bank on the right. EXPLAINER Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago December, in brief The December firearm and muzzleloader seasons now run three days from Friday, Dec. 4, the late antlerless season follows on Dec. 7, and nothing here says when the ice is safe. A concrete spillway and a tan brick powerhouse beside a calm river under a partly cloudy summer sky. DESTINATION Fishing · Northern Lower Peninsula · 2 hrs ago Where the Big Manistee leaves Tippy Dam The DNR's page for Tippy Dam Recreation Area lists a rustic campground open all year and a Recreation Passport requirement; the river from the dam to the railroad bridge below M-55 is Type 3 water with a limit of one rainbow trout. Anglers stand along a metal railing beside a steel-walled bank above fast blue water, with bare trees beyond. FEATURE Fishing · Northern Lower Peninsula · 2 hrs ago Seven rivers open to steelhead in November, and the rules on each From the flies-only water above Gleason's Landing to the closed apron below Foote Dam, stream type, limit and tackle change river by river, and the special lure rules on four of the seven end Nov. 15. A narrow, clear river bends through woods in orange, yellow and green leaf, with fallen limbs across the water. EXPLAINER Fishing · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Reading a Michigan river’s type before you fish it Type 1 and 2 streams closed to all fishing on Sept. 30, Type 3 and 4 streams stay open, and a river in none of the lists, booklet or Fisheries Order, runs on a rule of its own.