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		<title>Walleye are a Bad Match for Idaho Waters, and F&#038;G Asks Anglers to Help Stop Their Expansion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of Idaho Fish and Game Walleye are typically a bad match for Idaho because they are native to large Midwestern lakes that have nearly unlimited schools of minnows, shiners and other baitfish that walleye live on. Those large baitfish populations are unavailable in most Idaho waters, which means walleye consume game fish to survive, and most Idaho anglers]]></description>
		
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		<title>DNR checks in on inland fisheries with lake and stream surveys</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Contact: Jim Francis, 517-242-3593 If you were out on the water last year, you might have noticed something interesting: crews with nets and measuring boards, catching and documenting fish. In 2025, Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries management units completed more than 350 fisheries surveys across the state. Staff completed 225 surveys of inland lakes and 127 surveys of streams. “The]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michigan DNR Pursues Removal of Aging Big Creek Dam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Drawdown of Big Creek Dam (Crawford County) prior to culvert and outlet renovation in 2016. The riser structure visible here was not renovated in 2016. Photo courtesy of Michigan DNBR A grant project by Michigan Trout Unlimited will inform the removal process The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pursuing removal of Big Creek Dam (Crawford County), a 62-year-old dam]]></description>
		
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		<title>Groupe Beneteau Announces Plan to Close Michigan Plant, Sell Four Winns, Glastron and Scarab Jet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie – Following the Supervisory Board meeting of June 11, 2026, the Groupe Beneteau announces a targeted adaptation of certain US operations in a market affected by the Middle East conflict. On May 4th, upon publication of its quarterly revenue, the Groupe Beneteau already reported a slowdown in order intake since the beginning of the conflict and announced the implementation]]></description>
		
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		<title>Researchers head to Superior Maximus to investigate &#8216;zombie&#8217; fish</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[June 8, 2026 Contact: Edward Baker, 906-235-6114 or Shawn Sitar, 906-235-1581 The unusually thin siscowet lake trout will be tested by fish pathologists This month, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and fish pathologists from Michigan State University will make an expedition aboard the RV Lake Char to Superior Maximus, the deepest point of Lake Superior. The reason for this research vessel&#8217;s foray to]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lumenok Introduces New Fish-On Fishing Rod Light</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lumenok has announced the release of its new Fish-On Fishing Pole Light, an innovative bite-activated light designed to help anglers detect strikes day or night. The Fish-On light activates automatically when a fish bites and the rod tip bends, giving anglers an immediate visual alert without the need for constant rod watching. Designed to work on most fishing poles, the]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservation officers rescue capsized Ohio kayakers in southern Lake Huron</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[June 4, 2026 Contact: Acting 1st Lt. Robert Hobkirk, 989-225-8361 Two Ohio vacationers were rescued from Lake Huron after their kayaks capsized approximately 1 mile offshore of southern Sanilac County and northern St. Clair County Thursday around 10:30 a.m. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers Chris Kravitsky and Mark Siemen were patrolling about a mile offshore when they observed an overturned kayak.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wish there was a fish cleaning station on Lake St. Clair? You can help make it happen!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Lake St. Clair Fish Cleaning Foundation is raising funds for the construction and maintenance of a new public fish cleaning station at the Clinton River Cutoff DNR Boating Access Site in Harrison Township. Once the fish cleaning station is complete, it will be donated to the DNR. The project was recently accepted into a matching grant program to help]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rare Lake Sturgeon Made 681-Mile Swim</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Blake Logan, a fisheries biologist with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Missouri River Program, holds a rare lake sturgeon after it was captured from the Missouri River at Gavins Point Dam. (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission) Fisheries biologists for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were collecting paddlefish for a study this spring when a large and rare fish for]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michigan Conservation Officers Return Stranded Keweenaw Bay Boaters Safely to Shore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A family of five from L&#8217;Anse returned safely to shore Tuesday night after their 31-foot sailboat became stuck on rocks in Keweenaw Bay. The family was sailing on Lake Superior from the Portage Canal in Houghton County to the L&#8217;Anse Marina in Baraga County – about a 15-mile trip across Keweenaw Bay. They became stuck about halfway into the trip]]></description>
		
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