MANISTEE COUNTY, MI – Maintaining Michigan’s world-class fishery is a big job. It involves fishing regulations, habitat management, addressing invasive species – and rearing and stocking fish. On ...

A winter steelhead guru explains how and when to target Great Lakes steelhead this winter, and what matters most.

An annual egg collection from steelhead on the Little Manistee River is continuing next week and the public is welcome to view the process. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said in a news ...

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Northern Michigan fishing was light for the week with decent yellow perch catches when the weather allowed and some fair steelhead fishing. Upper Peninsula fishing saw walleye continuing to struggle ...

Grand Rapids is a great city to visit. Add to that an amazing steelhead fishery just minutes away. Now is the time to start planning a trip for the next steelhead run. Bad weather can often lead to ...

Justin Lasanske of Bloop Bead Co. with a Michigan steelhead. Here’s how it works. You tie or peg a plastic bead that represents a salmon or steelhead egg onto your leader. Three to five inches below ...

November in Northern Michigan is a month of transition between the fading colors of fall and the white of winter. It is also one of the best months to catch steelhead on a swung fly. Steelhead swim up ...

Michigan Out-of-Doors is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV ...

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Bad weather can often lead to good fishing. I crawled out of my bed in a Grand Rapids hotel and looked out the large sliding glass doors. It's mid-April in Michigan, but it looked like winter, with ...