Deer hunter fights off 4 black bears in Michigan October 12, 2010 Chad Fortune says he can't recall all of the details. But he remembers lots of yelling (his own) and snarling (from the bears) and frantic flailing with fists and feet as he fought off two black bears among a group of four that...

We fished yesterday afternoon for 4 hours and 4 hours this morning. Didn't have to bad of luck on salmon going 7 for 9 both days. Tried the perch this morning but the wind came up to fast and couldn't hold over them. Here are a few pics. We only ran two downriggers along with 4 yellow birds...

What a cold and snowy weekend. I had the pleasure of having Adam out to hunt the last 2 days of Michigan's duck season and the beginning of the late goose season. We started out by getting about 8 inches of fresh powder Friday night. Saturday morning we headed to a spot that is on a small river...

09 Duck/Goose Season Recap (our Michigan Site) http://miwaterfowlers.com/viewtopic.php?t=528

New Michigan State Record Great Lakes Muskie Caught in Torch Lake, Near Traverse City On Sunday, September 27, Kyle Anderson of Rapid City, MI caught this 50-pound 8-ounce Great Lakes muskie. The fish is now the new Michigan state record. It beat the old record, set in 1984, by 2.5 pounds...

Friday after work I headed up to Michigan for a weekend of relaxation and some goose hunting on the lake. I figured this year will be better than last as last year we didn't fire a gun. Turns out it was. We only managed one goose but had ALOT work us just wouldn't finish. We were thinking...

We had a thought of fishing the lake today. I wanted to go at 5am this morning when it was calm and pee raining a little but the wife's cousin didn't want to go till it quit. Well wish we would have. Got out on the lake a little after 11am with a NE wind about 10 to 20 mph. Needless to say...

Hung out in Illinois this weekend instead of coming back home to Iowa so I got ahold of the wife's cousin and we hit the lake in search for some coho salmon. It was a decent day had about 1 foot rollers when we got out there around 8am this morning and when we left around 2pm they were 4 to 5...

Went to michigan this weekend to hunt with duckkiller76 from this site. Was a great weekend but the birds didn't work at all. Never even pulled the trigger. Had tons of ducks work into the decoys, but the closest geese we had to us were about 1/4 mile away. So since we didn't get any...

Went and tried to do some perch fishing last sunday on the big lake. Nothing really biting we ended up with 3 only about 9 inches(small) they went back into the lake. Normally we are catching 13 to 16 inch perch. Caught a ton of gobies though. Here are a few pics. Leaving the harbor. Had...

LAKEFRONT: CHICAGO: Park Bait reported good perch at Montrose on Monday and Tuesday, most on minnows. Horseshoe was best on Monday, south rocks and jetty were better Tuesday. Henry's reported perch in and out around the outside of other harbors; large fatheads are favored. Downtown, the...