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<lastBuildDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:04:43 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>VHS Interim Rule Delayed Indefinitely</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>VHS</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2009-01-05T20:03:39-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-125</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-125</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's the page from today's (01/02/09) Federal Register which contains the notice of delay of eff. date of the VHS interim rule: 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Emerald Shiner Article</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><dc:date>2009-01-04T19:33:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-124</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Happy New Year&#x21; </title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2009-01-01T15:28:22-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-123</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-12-30T19:21:07-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-122</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bay City anglers are being very cautious after eight anglers fell through the ice a few days ago. ...  A few anglers are fishing near the water discharge or Hot Pond near Jones Road for good counts of walleye. 

...Around Bay Port the ice has melted and open water is everywhere. 

...High winds blew out the majority of water in Port Huron and Port Sanilac and the warm temperatures melted the ice. 

...Information providers: Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City, and 1st and Main-Bay Port. 


...Around the Gibraltar area, anglers are getting out in boats or fishing off docks for good action on perch. ...  Near the Rock Wood area, anglers fishing near the Metro Park Marina are pulling in nice catches of yellow perch and blue gill on shiner minnows. 

...Anglers are reeling in a few perch around the Rawsonville Bridge and off of Ford Lake when using shiners, pike minnows, wigglers and mousies. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Merry Christmas&#x21;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-12-23T20:57:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/blog.php#unique-entry-id-121</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-12-23T20:53:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-120</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some ice fishing is taking place around the Metro Park Marina and boat launch near Rock Wood. ...  The ice is about 4-6 inches all around the Rock Wood area. 

...Off of the Monroe area, the ice was frozen, however yesterday with the west winds the water blew out and busted up the ice. 

...Independence Lake near Pinckney is very good for crappie and the park is open with the ice averaging 11-inches thick. 


...Near Chelsea, Four Mile Lake has 6-8 inches of ice and blue gill fishing is decent. 


...All of the ponds around Port Huron are frozen but the thickness certainly needs to be checked before heading out. 

...Lexington anglers are fishing off of the boat ramp in 6-7 feet of water for brown trout. 

...Information providers: Frank&rsquo;s Great Outdoors-Linwood; Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City, and 1st and Main-Bay Port. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake Erie</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-12-18T21:55:22-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-119</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-119</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Around Algonac and the Fairhaven area, anglers are catching a few blue gill, crappie, and perch by the Raft Bar and in the boat wells near Bouvier Marina. ...  Some big bass have also been caught ice-fishing, but use caution the ice is only 4-inches or so thick. 


...Near Sandy&rsquo;s Marina some anglers that are staying close in to shore are getting limits of blue gill and crappie on spikes, wax worms and mousies. 


Four Mile Lake near Chelsea has 4-inches of ice and anglers are doing well for pike, blue gill and perch. 

...Information providers: Bottom Line Bait & Tackle-Rockwood; Blue water Bait-Fair Haven; Erie Party Shoppe-Monroe; Mackie&rsquo;s Bait & Tackle-Algonac, and South Street Tackle-Belleville. 


...Bay Port anglers are pulling in limits of perch while ice fishing on Mudd Creek and around Sebawaing. 


...Harbor Beach received up to 4-inches of snow this week putting the cabash on angling activity. 

...Information providers: Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City, and 1st and Main-Bay Port. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fishing Reports - James Mackie</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-12-16T19:35:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-118</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-118</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They are catching a few bluegills and perch by The Raft and in the boat wells of Bouvier Marina.   &nbsp;There are also reports of a few small fish being caught on the ice by Brandenburg Memorial Park&lrm;.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Emerald Shiners</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-12-14T20:37:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-117</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-117</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We are now selling Emerald Shiners.    To schedule a wholesale delivery or pickup, please call (810) 794-9942.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-12-10T20:45:29-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-114</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Grindstone Harbor is giving up a few brown trout when anglers take the time to bust up the ice near the shoreline and drop a line using crawlers. 


...The Black River has some ice forming and anglers are in a transition mode since the launch ramps will shortly be taken out for the winter.   A few anglers are drilling holes from the docks and fishing for perch, and good size blue gill. 


Harbor Beach anglers remain in a transition period, ice has formed, but anglers need to use extreme caution before venturing out. 


Information providers: Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Frank&rsquo;s Great Outdoors-Linwood; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach, and Michigan Sportsman-Bay City. 


...Off of the Rock Wood area warm waters are flowing from the Edison Power Plant and providing some perch and blue gill action for shore line anglers fishing near the Lake Erie Metro Park boat launch and marina. 

...A few anglers are fishing from docks or shore and pulling in a few perch and blue gill. 


Information providers: Bottom Line Bait & Tackle-Rockwood; Blue water Bait-Fair Haven; Erie Party Shoppe-Monroe; Mackie&rsquo;s Bait & Tackle-Algonac, and South Street Tackle-Belleville. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fishing Report - David Mackie</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-12-04T19:43:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-113</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A few walleyes are being caught in the North and Middle Channels via jigging.     Some perch is being caught in the cuts along the shore but the ice is not yet safe so be careful.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-12-04T19:36:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-112</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So far no ice has formed on any southeast inland lakes, the Detroit River or Lake Erie as of yet. 

...A few anglers around the Rock Wood area are pulling in some yellow perch around the Lake Erie Metro Park boat launch on small minnows. ...  The Huron River is giving up some crappie on minnows, but overall activity is slow. 


Anglers fishing on the Detroit River from Belanger Park in River Rouge are pulling in some nice perch on shiner minnows and a perch rig. 

...Fairhaven anglers are in a transition period and no angling activity is taking place currently and so far no ice has formed. 


...Off of the Bay City area some anglers are fishing from shore and breaking the ice by tossing a log tied to a line and fishing for perch. 

...Slow activity taking place off of Port Huron for Coho, steelhead and a few brown trout. ...  The Black River is producing some decent catches of brown trout, steelhead and some walleye which are in their winter pattern. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bait Store</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-12-01T20:15:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/dec-2008#unique-entry-id-111</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The bait store is closed for the season, but bulk winter bait will be available soon for delivery!    Check back soon for prices.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-11-28T22:08:48-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-110</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Port Huron harbors are giving up a few perch and steelhead, but overall activity is fairly minimal due to weather and a majority of the population hunting.   The water is very dirty due to high north winds, so anglers fishing for steelhead, Coho and walleye need to fish close to the wall where the fish are hunkering down. 


...No activity is taking place around the Bay City area mainly due to ice forming on the Saginaw River. 

...Any fishing being done is mostly from shore and spotty at that around Rock Wood, Flat Rock, and Gibraltar. ...  Action on the Detroit River is pretty bleak due to the weather one or two boats braved the conditions to venture out. 


Monroe anglers are experiencing the same situation as cold weather takes hold and is keeping anglers from getting out on the water. 

...It&rsquo;s a slow go for anglers on Ford and Belleville lakes mostly due to adverse weather.   Anglers that are braving the weather are pulling in a few crappie, perch and walleye. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Winter Prices</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Ice Fishing</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-11-19T20:44:52-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-109</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Winter Prices Coming Soon!    Some of the items that will be available this winter are wax worms, spikes, and mouses.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-11-19T19:52:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-108</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Off of the Port Huron area, a few perch and steelhead are still in the harbors. 

...Information providers: Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Frank&rsquo;s Great Outdoors-Linwood; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City, and Angler&rsquo;s Rod & Sport-St. 

...Gibraltar and Grosse Ile anglers are doing fair to good for crappie, perch and blue gill when fishing off docks or throughout the canals. 

...Near Rock Wood, shore fishing for yellow perch is decent around Metro Park Marina and the Metro Park Boat Launch. 

...The Huron River is giving up decent to good catches of steelhead throughout the River system including around Flat Rock, Rock Wood, and South Rock Wood. ...  Pan fish are also plentiful on the Huron River in the Flat Rock area using bombers and minnows. 


Near the Monroe area, fishing overall is slow, however anglers are doing ok at night for walleye around Sterling State Park near Detroit Beach, Stony Point, and off of Luna Pier casting stick baits, with bombers the popular choice. 


...Belleville Lake anglers braving the cold weather are getting out in boats and getting limits of perch, walleye and blue gill. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-11-15T08:25:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-107</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-107</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anglers that are getting out are finding decent action at Fox Island, throughout the Gibraltar canals, near the Livingston Channel and around the cross-dyke. ...  Steelhead are all over due to perfect water conditions and the ladder has been repaired and opened as well as the dam.   Jigs and wax worms floating under a bobber are working well and Rooster Tails are very hot in no particular color. 


...Clair Shores area perch action is hit or miss on the Belle River, but the action is pretty good in the South Channel. 

...Bass are biting like crazy and ranging between 4 &frac12; to 5 &frac12; pounds, fish are hitting on big minnows, rubber worms, really just about anything. 

...Bay City has good perch fishing all over Saginaw Bay, in and around the cuts and the channels of the Saginaw River. 

...Off of Linwood perch are biting in the cuts around the marinas, near the Spark Plug, in the shipping channels. 

...Information providers: Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Frank&rsquo;s Great Outdoors-Linwood; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; and Michigan Sportsman-Bay City.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake Erie</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-11-05T20:23:54-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-106</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-106</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Good action in the channels around the Lake Erie Metro Park, Horse Island, near the mouth of Lake Erie and the Huron River in 8-10 feet of water and off of the weed lines. ...  Monroe anglers are finding good perch action around the Sputnik Buoy, W-Can, buoys 1 and 2, near Luna Pier and around Toledo Beach. 

...The Detroit River is producing good catches of walleye on big minnows near the bottom end of the river, off of Celeron Island and near the Trenton Power Plant. 

...Musky are doing well around the south shore, and the south, middle and north channels are giving up nice catches of walleye jigging. 


...Off of Port Sanilac and Lexington silver fish activity is poor, but fair to good catches of perch and pike can be had out of Lexington.   Near the boardwalk and city building good action for walleye on crawlers and the Black River is producing fair counts of steelhead on spinners. 


...Near Bay City, perch fishing is good using minnows on the Saginaw Bay in and around most of the Islands.   Perch action is good in the cuts off the Quanicassee River and near the Vets Bridge on the Saginaw River. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Photo gallery: Harsens Island</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Pictures</category><category>Hunting</category><dc:date>2008-11-04T20:00:53-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/nov-2008#unique-entry-id-105</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Photo gallery: Harsens Island


Take a look at Harsens Island with Free Press outdoors writer Eric Sharp in the Free Press photo gallery.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-10-30T07:59:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-104</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-104</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Off of Rockwood near the Lake Erie Metro Park, yellow perch, walleye and blue gill are in good numbers close to shore.   Good action for perch at the mouth of Lake Erie and the Huron River in 8-13 feet of water. 

...Clair around the north and south channels and anglers fishing the Detroit River are also doing well near the mouth of the Detroit River and fishing further south up to and past the Ambassador Bridge. 


...Some nice walleye are biting off of Stony Point and Luna Pier where anglers are wading and casting out in 10-12 feet of water with good results. 


...Walleye are biting near the Sturgeon Hole and the North Channel on jigs and big minnows in 60-70 feet of water. 

...Off of Linwood, perch action is good in around the channels, marina&rsquo;s and out near the shipping channel near the Spark Plug. 

...The Black River is producing nice size steelhead in the 8-10 pound range and anglers are using spinners with good results. 

...Near Bay City, perch activity is decent in 7-11 feet of water at the mouth of the Quanicassee River and throughout the cuts and channels. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Lake Erie</category><dc:date>2008-10-25T19:55:24-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-103</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Hot spots include near the mouth of Lake Erie and the Huron River, 10 to 13 feet off Lake Erie Metro Park, and the weed line to Rat Island. ...  Shore fishing for yellow perch is good near the Lake Erie Metro Park boat launch and yellow perch and walleye are active near Campeau Road. 


Huron River is giving up some nice steelhead around the Flat Rock area with little Cleo&rsquo;s on a Fellow jig. 

...Perch action is excellent off of the Monroe area around Stony Point and Bolles Harbor, and around the W-Can, Dumping Grounds, McDonalds Buoy, and Sputnik Buoy, near the Detroit Light, off of Luna Pier and near Toledo Beach. 

...In Belleville, the Huron River has plenty of steelhead schooled up near the dam, and great fishing is taking place between Belleville and Flat Rock, and the hot spot is near the paper mill. 

...Port Sanilac and Lexington Harbors seem to be sluggish this week for Kings and steelhead, but pike are hitting in Lexington Harbor in good numbers. 


...In Bay City, a few perch are biting on the Saginaw Bay, but small in size and plenty of sorting is taking place. 

...Information providers: Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Great Lake Outfitters-Port Huron; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City, and 1st & Main-Bay Port. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Lake Erie</category><dc:date>2008-10-15T19:29:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-102</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-102</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Good action in the Fair Haven area, walleye are spotty but improving and can be pulled in around Sassy Marina. 

...Also near the Detroit Light, off the W-Can, 3-way and McDonalds buoys, near the Dumping Grounds, and the perch are starting to move in around the cross-dyke. 

...Off of the Monroe area perch are hot on Lake Erie, at Bolles Harbor and even a few anglers are doing well fishing off of the Bolles Harbor pier in the early hours.   Perch are biting on Luna Pier Beach in 20-feet of water, near Stony Point, the E-buoy, buoys 1 and 2 and near West Sister Island. 

...Port Sanilac Harbor has a few silver fish to be had, and in the Lexington Harbor, perch and silver fish are decent. 


Bay Port anglers are finding that fish are scattered, a few walleye and some small sized perch can be pulled in around Sand Point. 

...In Harbor Beach the fall walleye bite is on and anglers are doing the best during the evening hours with night crawlers. 

...Clair; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Great Lake Outfitters-Port Huron, and 1st & Main-Bay Port. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Man fined for moving bait from VHS-positive waters</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>VHS</category><category>Canada</category><dc:date>2008-10-09T21:21:31-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-101</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One Meaford-area commercial bait fisherman was fined $1,000 and another received a suspended sentence for moving bait fish that may have been infected with the fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia.


Bradley Wass, 49, was fined and Kenneth Wass, 21, received a suspended sentence after they both pleaded guilty to violating conditions of their commercial bait licence, the Ministry of Natural Resources said in a news release.


...The court heard that in October 2007 the men caught more than 1,000 litres of spottail shiners in the Bighead River, where viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been detected. 

...The disease, which affects a number of species including spottail shiners, may be spread by moving fish, water, vessels or equipment that has had contact with the virus, the MNR said.


To slow the spread of this disease in Ontario, the MNR established a management zone containing Ontario's virus-positive waters.   Moving live bait fish from this zone to a disease-free zone is banned because it creates a serious risk that the virus will spread, the news release said.


Tens of thousands of fish infected with VHS have been found dead in Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. 

...About 20 Ontario fish ladders, including local ladders, were closed for a week in March 2007, then reopened, amid howls of protest from anglers and fishing clubs that doing so wouldn't stop the spread of a new threat to fish in the lower Great Lakes.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-10-08T20:12:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-100</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anglers fishing off of Bay City and Quanicassee will find good action on Saginaw Bay in 6-8 feet of water for perch. 


Angling activity in the Bay Port area is slow, but anglers that are getting out will find some walleye action just past North Island on Saginaw Bay. 

...Port Huron anglers are doing well for perch around Metcalf Road and near the buoys in the Lake in 15-feet of water. 

...Clair; Frank&rsquo;s Great Outdoors-Linwood; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Great Lake Outfitters-Port Huron; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City and 1st & Main-Bay Port. 


...Perch are biting like crazy at the mouth of the Huron River and into Lake Erie, off of Rat Island in 13-feet of water, off of Point Mouille and in and around the channels off of the Metro Park Marina. ...  Walleye action is great on the bottom end of the Detroit River around Horse Island Flats (front of Erie Metro Park) in 8-10 feet of water while drifting with crawler harnesses. 


...Perch are biting on the Detroit River near the Belle Isle Coast Guard Station, further down near the Ambassador Bridge and out in front of Great Lakes Steel Boat Club. 


Near the Belleville area, Ford Lake is giving up nice catches of blue gill, crappie and walleye as well as lots of small size large mouth bass. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Shooting Ranges Help Hunters Prepare for Fall Hunting Seasons</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><category>Hunting</category><dc:date>2008-10-05T16:36:05-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-99</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-99</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With the advent of the fall hunting seasons, and as the firearm deer season draws near, now is the time for hunters to sight in their bows, rifles and shotguns at one of the Department of Natural Resources' staff-operated shooting ranges.


The DNR oversees six shooting ranges in southern Michigan, including the Rose Lake Shooting Range in Bath (Clinton County); Sharonville Shooting Range in Grass Lake (Jackson County); Island Lake Shooting Range in Brighton (Livingston County); Ortonville Shooting Range in Ortonville (Lapeer County); Bald Mountain Shooting Range in Lake Orion (Oakland County) and Pontiac Lake Shooting Range in Waterford (Oakland County). 

...Hours at the Bald Mountain, Pontiac Lake and Ortonville ranges are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rose Lake and Sharonville ranges.


Range fees at Bald Mountain, Pontiac Lake and Ortonville are $4 per day for each shooter age 16 and older. ...  The Island Lake Shooting Range is operated under contact by Michigan Shooting Centers, LCC. 

...Information about the DNR shooting ranges, and other public and private shooting ranges, can be found on the DNR Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr under Law Enforcement, and then click on Shooting Ranges on the menu on the left side of the page.


Shooters are reminded to bring eye and ear protection and approved paper targets with either a bull's-eye pattern or a depiction of legal game. 

...All motor vehicles entering a state park or recreation area must display a Motor Vehicle Permit, available for purchase at the park entrance. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-10-01T20:29:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-98</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/oct-2008#unique-entry-id-98</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Saginaw Bay is producing plentiful perch off of Bay City and Quanicassee in 7-11 feet of water and east of the Spark Plug in 16-17 feet of water. 

...Straight out from the Monroe area, weather conditions have slowed anglers from getting out and the algae on Lake Erie is pretty thick floating on the water.   Perch action remains good around Stony Point, West Sister Island, C-Can, 1 and 2 buoys near the river, Pointe Mouille, the Banana Dyke and around the Sputnik Buoy. 

...Fairhaven anglers are doing well on blue gill out of Anchor Bay near Grass Island using minnows.   Perch action is picking up around Harsens Island and anglers are using 50% minnows and 50% crawlers with good results. 


...Clair the perch are starting to pick up near the mouth of the Detroit River, off of Grosse Pointe Yacht Club and around the shipping channels. ...  Walleye action is back on and anglers are jigging near the Dumping Grounds and fish are biting around Belle Isle, the Sand Pile and off of Peche Island in Canadian waters. 


...From Wyandotte to Flat Rock anglers can find perch around most any island off of Lake Erie and the Detroit River. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Lake Erie</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-09-24T20:54:09-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-97</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-97</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Off of the Monroe area good action for perch around Stony Pointe, West Sister Island, E-Buoy, near the shipping channels, Pointe Mouille and further south around Toledo Beach in 19-20 feet of water and near the Sputnik Buoy. 

...Information providers: Blue Water Bait-Fair Haven; Bottom Line Bait & Tackle-Rockwood; Erie Party Shoppe-Monroe; Lakeside Fishing Shop-St. 

...Perch is picking up off of Quanicassee straight out, and just west of the channel, and east of the Spark Plug in 17-feet of water. 

...Plenty of walleye activity taking place behind North Island, just a couple miles off of Bay Port. 

...In the Port Huron area perch fishing is starting to pick up as cooler waters set in.   Off of Port Sanilac Kings are hitting in 30-35 feet of water on J-plugs and silver streak.   Walleye activity is spotty due to dirty water on the American side fish are biting more on the Canadian side. 

...Information providers: Anderson&rsquo;s Pro Bait-Port Huron; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City; 1st & Main-Bay Port, and Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>David Mackie - Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake Erie</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-09-23T20:47:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-96</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-96</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The sun is shining and the water is finally clear from all the rain, so it is the perfect time to go fishing.   &nbsp;In Lake St.   Clair, perch fishing is fair in the deeper water.   &nbsp;Also, they are still catching catfish everywhere in the lake.   &nbsp;


In Lake Erie, they are catching limits of perch from Sterling State park to Bolles&nbsp;Harbor.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-09-18T20:00:40-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-95</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bay City anglers are just starting to get back out to fish today due to adverse weather conditions and rough water the last few days. 

...Bay Port anglers have had there fair share of rain and rough waters causing for slow angling activity. ...  Linwood area, walleye activity is slow, salmon action is decent out of Lake Huron and some perch are being caught in 19-21 feet of water, however anglers are having to work hard to find the fish. 


...In the Algonac area, anglers are not fishing as of yet, mostly due to the recent weather conditions earlier this week. 

...Perch action is starting to pick back up around Metro Park Marina, and Sugar Island, as well as up and down the Detroit River. 


Near Monroe limited fishing taking place this week due to rain and windy conditions causing for rough and murky waters.   A few boats ventured out yesterday but it will take a day or two for the fishing activity to pick back up. 


In the Belleville area, the recent weather snap has cooled the water temperature causing walleye activity to slow down on Ford Lake. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Michigan angler leads tournament on Lake St. Clair</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-09-12T09:09:39-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-94</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-94</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mark Modrak of China Township took the individual lead and Michigan was tops in the six-state team event after the first day of competition in the Bass Federation's Northern Divisional Championship on Lake St. 

...Modrak caught five fish totaling 22 pounds, 4 ounces, while Nicholas Smyers of Franksville, Wis., was second at 21 pounds, 11 ounces.


Michigan's 12-man contingent totaled 170 pounds, 3 ounces for a huge lead over Indiana, which was second with 125 pounds, 12 ounces.


The tournament runs through Friday from the Selfridge DNR Ramp (Clinton River Access) in Clinton Township.   The public is invited to watch the takeoffs (6 a.m.) or weigh-ins (2:30 p.m.). 

...Anglers are competing both individually and as state teams in an effort to qualify for the Bass Federation National Championship. ...  The top-finishing angler from each team will advance as a boater to the 2009 TBF National Championship.   The No. 2 competitor from each state team will advance as a co-angler.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Urban Fishing Photos</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-09-12T08:54:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-93</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-93</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Click here for an interesting story on Urban Fishing.  


Store: 


http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/travel/escapes/12Fish.html?  ex=1378958400&en=be8b1df6b71f3e70&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink


Photos:


 http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/09/10/travel/escapes/0912-FISH_index.html?  partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VHS Q&#x26;A document</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>VHS</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2008-09-10T19:00:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-92</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-92</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[APHIS has published the VHS Interim Rule in the Federal Register, and updated the documents defining species and areas affected by the Interim Rule. 


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/aquaculture/ 


We have also placed a Q&A document on the VHS Interim Rule under "In the News" on the APHIS web site: 


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 


There is a 60 day comment period on the rule; however the rule will go into effect on November 10, 2008 as currently written.   &nbsp;We will take comments into consideration when we finalize the rule at a future date. 


...Senior Staff Veterinary Medical Officer, Aquaculture Program


...Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Lake Erie</category><dc:date>2008-09-10T20:20:08-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-91</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Algonac anglers are finding a few walleye at the end of the Middle Channel, around buoy 19 and near the Cutoff. ...  The North Channel is giving up a few sturgeon and if you are fishing more towards the south, Lake Erie is hopping with perch biting on Emerald Shiners. 


Off of the Fair Haven area, some bass are decent around Grass Island and a few perch are biting off of Harsens Island on minnows. 


...Clair Shores area, perch are sporadic, best bet is off the Nine Mile tower and the South Channel around buoys 29 and 30.   Anglers jigging on the Detroit River will find plenty of action for bass, sheep head and white perch, along with a few walleye. 


...Off of the Monroe area perch are really hot around Stony Point, the two stacks near the Raisin River, out in front of the Fermi Plant, near the dumping grounds, and further out near Ohio waters off of the Sputnik buoy, Turnaround buoy, and near the Camp Perry Range near the E-Can.   Walleye activity is spotty but a few are being pulled out around West Sister Island in 26-30 feet of water and near the water intake. 

...Walleye action remains great north of Buoys 1 and 2 in deeper water and also in 6-7 feet of water around Callahan Reef. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Southeastern Michigan Fishing Group</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-09-07T15:21:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-90</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-90</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://groups.google.com/groups/img/3nb/groups_bar.gif" height=26 width=132 alt="Google Groups">


Subscribe to the Southeastern Michigan Fishing Group<form action="http://groups.google.com/group/southeastern-mi-fishing-information/boxsubscribe"><input type=hidden name="hl" value="en">   Email: <input type=text name=email>  <input type=submit name="sub" value="Subscribe">


</form><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/southeastern-mi-fishing-information?  hl=en">Visit this group</a>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>David Mackie - Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Lake Erie</category><dc:date>2008-09-05T23:01:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-89</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-89</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	◦	A few walleyes are being caught in the Middle and South Channels.


	◦	Bass fishing is still good all over the lake.


...Most are being caught in the deep water in the lake.


	◦	Muskie fishing is still good.


	◦	They are still catching cat fish in the South and Middle channel.


	◦	In Lake Erie the perch fishing is really hot.   Most people are catching the perch with Emerald Shiners.   The following bait stores in Lake Erie currently are selling Emerald Shiners:  State Park Party Store,  Erie Park Party Store, and Riverfront Fishing Cleaning
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Michigan&#x27;s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kent County Deer Breeding Facility&#xa;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Hunting</category><category>DNR</category><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-09-05T22:26:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-88</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-88</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[LANSING - The Michigan departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNR) today confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a three-year old white-tailed deer from a privately owned cervid (POC) facility in Kent County.


...DNR and MDA staff are currently reviewing records from the Kent County facility and five others to trace deer that have been purchased, sold or moved by the owners in the last five years for deer and the last seven years for elk. 

...Michigan's First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kent County Deer Breeding Facility: "Currently, one of our top concerns is to confirm that the disease is not in free-ranging deer," said DNR Director Rebecca Humphries.   "We are asking hunters this fall to assist us by visiting check stations to allow us to take biological samples from the deer they harvest, so we can perform adequate surveillance of the free-ranging white-tailed deer herd in the area."


Deer hunters this fall who take deer from Tyrone, Solon, Nelson, Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Alpine, Plainfield, and Cannon townships will be required to bring their deer to a DNR check station. 

...The DNR is also asking hunters who are participating in the private land five-day antlerless hunt in September in other parts of Kent County to visit DNR check stations in Kent County so further biological samples can be taken from free-ranging deer for testing. 

...The deer that tested positive at the Kent County facility was a doe that had been recently culled by the owner of the facility. ...  The samples from the Kent County deer tested "suspect positive" last week at Michigan State University Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, and were sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa last Thursday for confirmatory testing. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-09-04T20:27:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-86</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-86</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anglers fishing in the downriver area are finding great perch action off of Flat Rock, Trenton, Gibraltar and Grosse Ile.   Just off Sugar Island and the mouth of Lake Erie is a great location as well as the Detroit River around Celeron Island in 25-feet of water. 

...Crawler harnesses are doing the job on walleye when fishing off of Grass Island while minnows are the choice for perch. 


...In the Linwood area the perch fishing is good on Saginaw Bay in 19-21 feet of water. 

...Off of Bay City, anglers are pulling in some really nice perch around the Black Hole and Buoys 18 and 19 on minnows in 17-feet of water.   Hot-n-Tots are working well for some good catches of walleye just north of Buoys 1 and 2 in deep water. 


Angling action around Bay Port ranges between fair to good for walleye and perch. 

...Fair activity for perch is taking place in deep waters around Port Sanilac in 30-40 feet of water just north of the harbor, off of Lexington state Park, and Buoy #5 off of Port Huron. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lake Erie Perch Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake Erie</category><dc:date>2008-09-03T21:36:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-85</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-85</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The perch are biting in Lake Erie on Emerald Shiners.  &nbsp;  


The following bait stores in Lake Erie currently are selling Emerald Shiners: 


State Park Party Store


Erie Park Party Store


Riverfront Fishing Cleaning]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>No evident disease in deer die-off along Clinton River&#xa;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Hunting</category><dc:date>2008-09-02T19:23:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/sep-2008#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[About 20 dead deer found by kayakers and canoeists along a six-mile stretch of the Clinton River centered on Bloomer Park in Rochester were not infected with chronic wasting disease or any other wildlife disease they have been able to identify, Department of Natural Resources officials said Thursday.


Tim Payne, a biologist for the DNR wildlife division in Southfield, said the deer apparently started dying about three weeks ago but that no freshly dead deer had been found in the past week.


"We sent three of the (carcasses) to our lab in Lansing, but only one of them was really fresh enough for a definitive necropsy," Payne said. 

...The deaths preceded by a few days an announcement that chronic wasting disease -- a fatal deer ailment previously unknown in Michigan -- had been found in a deer on a private breeding ranch in Kent County.


Injured deer commonly develop fevers and stay near water after they have been hit by a car or a bullet.   But Tom Cooley, the DNR's epidemiological veterinarian, said there was no evidence of those kinds of trauma in the deer he necropsied.


He said tests completed so far also have ruled out ailments like CWD, eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, several hemorrhagic diseases and poisoning.


Cooley said the cause of death for one buck was clear -- a fractured skull...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-08-27T21:17:32-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[From Wyandotte to Rockwood the perch action is hot on the Detroit River especially east of Celeron Island, both sides of the Cross Dyke, around Sugar Island and the Metro Park Marina. ...  Hot spots include in front of Humbug Marsh, south of the Detroit Light, all around Celeron Island, and between Toledo Beach and the Dumping Grounds. 


Near the Monroe area, perch action is starting to pick up off of Bolles Harbor, Stoney Point, and the E-buoy in 26-28 feet of water. 


A little further to the south, Lake Erie anglers will find the perch hitting around Turtle Island and Toledo Beach, as well as off of the Sputnik and McDonald buoys.   Walleye activity is decent near Turtle Island and off of West Sister Island in 30-feet of water. 


In the Fair Haven area, not much has changed from last week with walleye and perch still active around Grass Island.   Crawlers remain the bait of choice for angling activity on Anchor Bay for nice quantities of small and large mouth bass. 


...Around Essexville and the Bay City area, the walleye may not be biting, but the perch are hitting on minnows around the west and east side of the Spark Plug. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The DNR Wants Your Input&#x21;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><dc:date>2008-08-26T18:01:23-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Upper Peninsula Forest Planning Process: Press Release


Calkins Bridge Dam on the Kalamazoo River: Press Release


Black Bear Management Plan: Press Release


Salmon Bag Limits: Press Release       Frequently Asked Questions


Fishing Line Increase: Press Release    Frequently Asked Questions


NLP/SLP Regional State Forest Management Plan: Northern Lower Peninsula Ecoregion


WUP Regional State Forest Management Plan: Western Upper Peninsula Ecoregion 


Source:  http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153--191030--,00.html]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-08-25T20:40:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-81</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-81</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Lake Erie - Walleye fishing was good in recent days with fish caught off Bolles Harbor. ...  Some nice largemouth bass were caught on jigs near the mouth of the River Raisin.


...Some are back to jigging with a worm or leech while others are still trolling or drifting a bottom bouncer with a crawler harness. 

...Grindstone City - Boats trolling for lake trout are heading out to waters 150 feet deep. 

...Those trolling for lake trout are doing best northeast of the port in 130 to 150 feet of water.


Saginaw Bay - Walleyes are still hitting east and northeast of the Spark Plug in 19 to 23 feet of water and north of Quanicassee in 13 to 15 feet of water.   Very good walleye fishing was reported from 30 feet of water east of Eagle Bay Marina, formally known as Great Lakes Marina. ...  Perch were hit-and-miss, but some were caught around the Black Hole northeast of Linwood and north of the Quanicassee River.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-08-21T20:56:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-80</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-80</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Around the Downriver area, the Detroit River is really starting to pick up for catfish from the lower end all the way up to the St. ...  Walleye activity is decent from the lower Trenton channel, mouth of the Detroit River and off of the Monroe and Flat Rock areas. ...  Perch action on minnows is good on the lower Trenton Channel, around Celeron Island, throughout Gibraltar in most cuts and channels, off of Metro Park, the south side of the cross-dyke and off of Rat Island. 


...Walleye activity has slowed a bit, but anglers can still reel in a few from out in front of the Fermi Power Plant in waters averaging 24-feet.   Steady action for perch this week, best locations include near the Sputnik buoy, E-buoy, Luna Pier, Stony Point, and off of Toledo Beach in 16-17 feet of water and lined up with the water towers as well as right on the Michigan/Ohio line. 


...In the Linwood area, Saginaw Bay is giving up some walleye on a variety of baits and anglers are finding best results in deeper waters. ...  Salmon action on Lake Huron is picking up particularly for anglers fishing off the wreck, around Presque Isle, and off of Rogers City. 


Around Bay City, Callahan Reef is giving up a few walleye and perch action is decent around buoy&rsquo;s 18 and 19 and near the Black Hole. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Smallmouths hitting it big</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-08-19T19:32:41-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-79</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's testimony to the amazingly increased water clarity in Lake St. 

...The jerkbaits we're using are running about six or seven feet down in 17 feet of water. 

...Yet the fish are able to see those lures coming and rocket up 10 feet to intercept them with strikes that feel like the lure has hit a wall.


"I think that most of the fish out here have never seen a lure," Dearborn bass guide Gerry Gostenik said as he watched Windsor angler Dave Isley work a four-pound smallmouth to the side of Gostenik's 21-foot Triton bass boat.


Reaching over the side to lip the fish and remove the hooks before releasing it, Gostenik said, "You can still catch smallmouths in the shallow water off the mile roads (at St.   Clair Shores), but this time of year the big fish are roaming out here in deep water.


"I call these bass the Cabbage Patch Kids because that's where you find them. ...  You sometimes have to move around some to find them, but when you do you can usually catch 20 or 30 before the bite stops."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-08-15T18:18:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Lake Erie - Has fair walleye fishing with most boats bringing in two or three fish per trip.   Trolling bottom bouncers in 25 feet of water near the Fermi Plant and Stony Point was producing most of the fish.   Perch were being caught in 18 feet of water off Stony Point and Bolles Harbor near the E Buoy. 

...Detroit River - Catfish action continues to be good and a few perch have been caught. 

...Clair River - Anglers are catching some walleye when trolling crawler harnesses with bottom bouncers.


...Experienced anglers are reporting large quantities of forage fish showing up on their fish finders, and this may help account for the bite slowing down.   A few perch were caught out near the Spark Plug and on the edge of the Black Hole.


Saginaw River - A few walleye are still being caught in the lower river by those trolling the edge of the shipping channel.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>SUBMIT A REVIEW</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-08-13T18:12:57-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you enjoy the service you receive at Mackie's Bait and have a Google account, please click here to write a review.   &nbsp;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-08-13T21:52:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Algonac anglers are catching plenty of bass in the channels and the perch fishing is on fire all over the lake. 

...Anchor Bay in the Fair Haven area is giving up some really nice quantities of small, large, and rock bass on spinners and golden shiners. 

...Good action for perch In the Downriver area, hot spots include the south side of the cross-dyke, in front of Metro Park Marina, and on the Detroit River between Humbug Marsh and Celeron Island. 

...Near the Monroe area, good walleye activity taking place in front of the Fermi Power Plant in 21-22 feet of water. ...  A little further south perch are active around Rat Island, the Sputnik buoy, and near the Michigan/Ohio line of the shipping channel; and walleye action is decent as well, but anglers are having to really work for them. 

...In the Bay City area, on Saginaw Bay the walleye action has slowed a bit and fish are moving to deeper waters. ...  Saginaw River is giving up good catches of catfish and bass however fish are small in size. 


...Information providers: Frank&rsquo;s Bait shop-Linwood; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Michigan Sportsman-Bay City, and 1st & Main-Bay Port. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Submit Your Site</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-08-12T21:13:48-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To submit a link to the new Links page please email webmaster@mackiesbait.com or complete the online form at Contact Us.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Exotic Pet Food</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-08-11T21:18:06-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you own or sell exotic pets such as lizards, turtles, frogs, snakes, or iguanas?  &nbsp; If so, why don't you try feeding them fresh worms from Mackie's Bait?


Right now, we have&nbsp;night crawlers, green worms, and baby crawlers in stock.  &nbsp; If you own or manage a pet store and would be interested in bulk delivery of these items, please call 586-615-2889 for more information.  &nbsp;&nbsp;Remember, night crawlers are also an excellent and natural food source for birds, fish, koi,&nbsp;turtles and reptiles.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-08-10T19:10:46-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Lake Erie - Fishing has been slow with most anglers bringing in one or two walleye per trip.   They are using bottom bouncers with crawlers in 23 to 25 feet of water near the Fermi Power Plant however anglers were catching more fish in Ohio waters.   A few largemouth bass were caught near Bolles Harbor and the yellow perch action picked up with 20 fish per trip when fishing near Stony Point in 20 feet of water.


...Port Sanilac - Perch are still being caught by those drifting perch rigs with minnows or still-fishing with minnows.


...Lake trout, steelhead and salmon have been caught in 80 to 100 feet of water.


Grindstone City - The experienced anglers are catching a lot of walleye and some smallmouth in 30 feet of water.


...Lake trout can be found in 80 to 100 feet of water north and northeast of the lighthouse.   Pier anglers and those in small boats have caught a few perch inside the harbor.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sturgeon</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-08-07T20:28:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They are catching Sturgeon in the channels.   Most people are catching them at night, but there are reports of a some being caught during the day. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-08-06T18:44:34-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Fair to good activity is taking place for walleye on the Detroit River around Peche Island and up to Belle Isle. 

...In the Downriver area the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River is giving up good catches of walleye on jigs with a worm. ...  Near the Flat Rock area, the Huron River is decent for catfish and bass when shore fishing and the mouth of the Detroit River is fair. 


Off of the Monroe area, the walleye activity is rated fair on Lake Erie near buoys 26 and 29 and using crawler harnesses and spoons. 

...Near the Bay Port area, walleye activity has slowed a bit but persistent anglers using crawlers, minnows and Hot-N-Tots will reel in a few especially near the &ldquo;gap&rdquo;. 


Around Harbor Beach the angling activity is very good for perch, particularly in 15-feet of water and when fishing the weed beds with minnows.   Fair action is taking place for kings and lakers in waters up to 100-feet and decent action for walleye on crawler harnesses and jigs. 


...Clair area, fair activity taking place for perch and walleye on minnows and crawlers while all other species seem to have slowed down. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Great Lakes rising again; levels close to normal</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Environment</category><dc:date>2008-08-04T21:15:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/aug-2008#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[BY TINA LAM &bull; FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER &bull; AUGUST 4, 2008


After a parched summer last year that left docks stranded and boat propellers scraping sandy shallows, the Great Lakes are blissfully -- and surprisingly -- full again this year.


Heavy snow and rains since last winter have made the lakes rise.   Scientists aren't sure whether this will last, but they're hopeful.   The temperatures, moisture and ice cover next winter will be critical.


"If we get two more good, normal winters with normal precipitation, then we'd have a turnaround," said Cynthia Sellinger, deputy director of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


Lake Superior, which beat its 1926 record low last fall, rebounded to within 4 inches of its long-term average in July.   Lakes Erie and Ontario are 2 and 4 inches, respectively, above their July averages.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-07-31T21:58:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anglers on Anchor Bay in the Fair Haven area are reeling in good numbers of smallmouth bass. 

...Out on Lake Erie, the walleye fishing ranges from fair to good in front of the Fermi power plant and along the sputnik. 

...Out of the Bay City area, the walleye fishing is very good on Saginaw Bay. 

...Around Bay Port, the walleye fishing is very good a few miles west of North Island. 

...The lake trout and king salmon fishing is fair straight out from the harbor, in water 80 to 110 feet deep. ...  The bass fishing is good in the shallows along the Lake Huron shoreline from Grindstone City to Harbor Beach. 


On Lake Huron north of Port Sanilac, good numbers of perch are being caught in water 22-25 feet deep. 

...Clair; Frank&rsquo;s Bait shop-Linwood; Frank&rsquo;s Place Bait & Tackle-Harbor Beach; Great Lake Outfitters-Port Huron; and Michigan Sportsman-Bay City. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Joke - Division of Wildlife Warning</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-07-30T21:23:38-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>State officials to meet over June fish kill</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Michigan</category><category>Fishing</category><category>DNR</category><dc:date>2008-07-29T20:50:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[DNR has investigated release of sediment from ranch near Vanderbilt into the Pigeon River.


...LANSING -- Department of Natural Resources officials will meet this week with the Attorney General's Office over a fish kill on the Pigeon River caused by a massive release of sediment from an impoundment on a private ranch near Vanderbilt.


The release occurred the night of June 22, when a gate was opened on a dam at Song of the Morning Ranch, a private yoga center, DNR officials said.


Within three days, an array of stream fish that included chubs, white suckers, shiners, 62 brown trout, 25 brook trout and three rainbow trout had been killed by black sediments that flowed down the river.   Forty of the brown trout were more than a foot long, said DNR spokeswoman Mary Dettloff.


...DNR Fisheries Division Chief Kelly Smith said that since then, DNR investigators have performed a "full river assessment" to gather data about the amount of sediment released and the number of fish that were killed.


He said the agency is putting together the numbers now to determine how the incident compares to a 1984 fish kill when the same dam was opened at the same ranch.


In that incident, tons of silt swept down the river when the dam's gates were opened for cleaning.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-07-24T21:16:13-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Detroit River continues to give up good walleye counts in 8-16 feet of water near the Detroit lighthouse, off of Banana Island and the mouth of the Detroit River. ...  Yellow perch are steadily picking up in and around Sugar Island in the weed pockets off the east side of Celeron along the weeds in 6-10 feet of water and the best bait seems to e shiner minnows on perch rigs.   Small mouth bass are picking up near the mouth of the Detroit River and anglers are getting good results with Berkley Gulp leeches and Gulp Goby&rsquo;s, as well as 4 or 5-inch salty tubes. 

...Algonac anglers continue to pull in nice catches of perch by the Fire Cracker on the South Channel. 

...In the Fair Haven area, the perch action is fair in the south channel and near buoy&rsquo;s 28 and 30 with plenty of sorting required.   Straight out in front of the 400 Club in 14 feet of water perch are doing well with a few walleye and small mouth bass also biting. 

...Clair Shores anglers are doing well for walleye near the dumping grounds when using crawler harnesses with a bottom bouncer. 

...Walleye are active near the Sputnik buoy, and perch are hitting around Luna Pier and the E-buoy near Bolles Harbor. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Buying products made in Michigan can help state economy</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-07-23T16:45:37-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If a package of corn bread mix costs $6.50, and you find someone who sells the same thing for $6, you can put a value on that.


You just saved yourself 50 cents.


But what if that particular product, at a cost of $6.50, is made here in Michigan, and sold by a company headquartered in Michigan?


What value do you put on supporting a business that's based right here in our own state?


It's not as easy to put a dollar value on that.


But people must see some merit in it, based on the growing number of Web sites that promote Michigan companies and products, and the number of businesses that are eager to be featured on them.


I spent some time on these "Buy Michigan" sites after our article on the front page of the Business section last Sunday highlighted local firms that promote their products this way.


...http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/business/index.ssf/2008/05/genesee_county_retailers_sell.html]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vietnam Memorial &#x22;The Moving Wall&#x22; Traveling to St. Clair County</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Algonac</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-07-21T20:10:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall  will be on display July 24th - July 28th at the Riverfront Park in Algonac, MI.  ...  Meldrum will sing the National Anthem at the 4:00pm opening ceremony July 24th


"The Moving Wall" is the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring the country for more than twenty years.   When John Devitt attended the 1982 dedication in Washington, he felt the positive power of "The Wall."   He vowed to share that experience with those who did not have the opportunity to


...7/24/2008 - 7/28/2008 


Algonac, MI at Riverfront Park


...Date: 7/24/2008 - 8/4/2008
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Go - Get Outdoors</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-07-19T21:36:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[GO-Get Outdoors celebrates outdoor recreation and the role it plays with improving the quality of life in Michigan.   Whether biking, hiking, trail running, camping, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting or simply exploring nature, park and recreation facilities provide opportunities for every one of all ages and all backgrounds to enjoy the state's diverse natural resources.   Participants can improve their health while supporting recreation opportunities.


GO Events Listing: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10365_36576---,00.html]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-07-16T21:22:31-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Around the Algonac area, anglers are catching a lot of perch by the Fire Cracker on the South Channel, and plenty of bass near the light house. 

...Walleye action remains great on the lower portion and mouth of the Detroit River in 8-14 feet of water, with the weed line a good bet for some decent size fish. ...  Congratulations to Vic Vatalaro from Kent Ohio, the second place winner of the FLW Bass Tournament this past weekend, he purchased his bait and license from Bottom Line Bait and Tackle in Flat Rock.   Yellow perch in 15-30 feet of water are being reeled in around Red Island (Pointe Mouille) and the action is also good between Celeron and Grosse Ile in 6-9 feet of water and near the weed line, anglers are averaging 15-30 keepers, most in the 15-inch range.   Point Mouille and the Huron River is giving up plenty of bass on Kelly worms, night crawlers and top water baits, while catfish are biting on shrimp and green crawlers. 


In the Monroe area, walleye are hitting on chartreuse and purple baits straight out in front of Bolles Harbor, the Sputnik buoy remains a great hot spot The E-buoy is also a great location for perch as well as Luna Pier and the dumping grounds, two miles off of Bolles Harbor. 


...Information providers: Bluewater Bait-Fair Haven; Bottom Line Bait & Tackle-Flat Rock; Erie Party Shoppe-Monroe; Mackie&rsquo;s Bait & Tackle-Algonac, and South Street Tackle-Belleville. 


...In the Bay City area, anglers are doing great on walleye, and perch are active between Oakhurst and AuGres in 5-25 feet of water. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Buy Michigan-made and - grown food products</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-07-15T20:34:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[  Around Town news to Diana Wing at rotown@ameritech.net.


I don't often read forwarded bulk e-mails, but I received one from my sister-in-law the other day with the subject line "Helping Michigan" and I was curious.   The e-mail contained a list of more than 60 Michigan companies that produce food products, including Ferndale-based Garden Fresh Gourmet (tortilla chips, salsa, hummus).   It also included the following statement from the Michigan Department of Agriculture Web site (www.michigan.gov/mda): "If every household started spending just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on locally grown foods, we'd keep more than $37 million each week circulating within Michigan's economy."


If you go to the MDA Web site and click on "Select Michigan," you'll find a partial listing of Michigan specialty foods and products, and information about Michigan wineries, farm markets and u-pick produce farms.   One way to join this grass-roots movement to help the state's economy is to buy from local food growers and producers, some of whom sell their goods at the Royal Oak Farmers Market.   Another way is to seek out Michigan-made products from the grocery store.


...http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-07-10T21:30:33-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Detroit River will have plenty of action July 10-13 as hundreds of anglers come to town for the FLW Tournament taking place right out of Elizabeth Park Marina in Trenton.   Bass are active in the Trenton channel as well as around the Livingston Channel on Berkley Gulp or worms.   Walleye activity hasn&rsquo;t slowed down, good action continues around the Fermi Power Plant in 18-20 feet of water, out in front of the Edison Towers, near the Sputnik Buoy near the Ohio and 


Michigan border and around Middle Sister Island, as well as all up and down the Trenton, Wyandotte and Grosse Ile channels of the Detroit River. ...  Walleye near the Ohio border tend to be immature measuring 7-10 inches long and should be released with extreme care, try not touching them, the chance for survival is much better.   Perch action again this week is good around Banana Island in 14-15 feet of water. 


Very good angling activity is taking place in the Belleville area, where anglers are hitting on just about everything from walleye and bass to crappie.   Night crawlers, leeches and wax worms are doing the trick around Ford Dam, Rawsonville Road and near the big bridge on Belleville Road. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/SPORTS10/807060611/1058&#x22;&#x3e;Fuel effect: Gas prices hurting Michigan marine industry and anglers&#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-07-08T21:37:43-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On an average weekend last summer, Mitzie's Dockside Service in Ecorse sold 12,000 gallons of gasoline to boaters and on Monday had to call the fuel supplier to refill the tanks.


This boating season, Mitzie Hodgson said she barely sells 4,000 gallons in a full week, and she has put up the For Sale sign at her once-thriving business on the Detroit River.


From the icy waters of Lake Superior to the relatively balmy shores of Lake Erie, the marine industry and anglers alike are feeling the painful effects fuel prices over $4 per gallon and watercraft that burn anywhere from 10 to 100 gallons of fuel an hour.


And it's clear that anglers in small boats, those under 25 feet, are feeling the pinch more than the owners of bigger craft.


"We're probably down 5,000 launches from last year at this time," said George Campbell, who runs the Wyandotte Boat Ramp and Tackle Shop on the river 400 yards downstream from Mitzie's.


"On a weekday, we're launching 15, 20 boats where last year it would be 70, 80," he said.   "And on weekends we're doing 30, 40 launches where we used to do 120."


...http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fishing in Canadian Waters</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Canada</category><dc:date>2008-07-06T20:33:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are being&nbsp;harassed&nbsp;by Canadian law enforcement officers while fishing in Canadian waters, we strongly recommend that you contact your local Michigan government&nbsp;official&nbsp;and explain to them what is happening.   &nbsp;Hopefully, if enough people complain about this issue, our&nbsp;Canadian-born governor can put some pressure on Canada to stop this&nbsp;harassment.   &nbsp;You can locate your local government&nbsp;officials&nbsp;at the links listed below.  &nbsp;


Michigan House of Representatives: http://house.michigan.gov/representatives.asp


Michigan&nbsp;Senators:&nbsp;http://senate.michigan.gov/SenatorInfo/find-your-senator.htm]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-07-04T08:38:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Angling activity is booming on a majority of inland lakes and rivers, as well as the Great Lakes for a variety of fish. 

...Walleye hotspots this week include the lower end of the Detroit River, out in front of the Fermi Plant in 18-20 feet of water, and near Estral Beach. ...  Anglers are doing well with perch in 14 feet of water around Banana Island, as well as near the shipping channels. ...  Near the Monroe area, hot spots for walleye include Luna Pier and the River Raisin in 27 feet of water. 

...Excellent fishing taking place on both Ford and Belleville lakes with a variety of fish being reeled in that include bass, walleye, crappie, blue gill and channel cats. ...  The best locations are near Rawsonville Road and around Sandy&rsquo;s Marina near Edison Lake Road. 


Near the Fair Haven area the walleye action is poor in the river, but plenty of perch can be had in the south channel and near the B-buoy. ...  Bass action is good using casting tubes and fishing anywhere between the south shore and the 400 Club.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July&#x21;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Holidays</category><dc:date>2008-07-02T20:40:53-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jul-2008#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/VIDEO02/80626077/1058/SPORTS10&#x22;&#x3e;Big fish hunting on Lake St. Clair&#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-06-30T21:31:35-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Big fish hunting on Lake St.   Clair


Video by ERIC SHARP/DFP


Join Freep outdoor writer Eric Sharp for a look at the fishing that has made Lake St.   Clair one of the top destinations for the elusive muskellunge.


Click here for the video:


 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?  AID=/20080627/VIDEO02/80626077/1058/SPORTS10]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-06-30T21:28:52-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Lake Erie is giving up good catches of walleye on purple and gold spoons in 18-20 feet of water.   Yellow perch are active in the shipping channels, near the Detroit Light and farther south toward the Bessie Power Plant.   Near Lake Erie Metro Park the bass and pan fish are active, and out in front of Pointe Mouille, anglers are using green crawlers for good catches of catfish.   Off of the Monroe area, decent fishing taking place around Bolles Harbor and in and around the cuts and channels of Sterling State Park and the Detroit Beach Boat Club.   The River Raisin is giving up some nice perch when trolling with spoons, also around Luna Pier is a good location. 


Ford and Belleville lakes are giving up good catches of crappie, blue gill and walleye.   Hot spots include near Edison Lake Road by the Dam and near Rawsonville Road and bridges in town. 

...Anchor Bay near Fair Haven is giving up decent catches of bass and blue gill on minnows, worms and crawlers. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Welcome Baby Madison&#x21;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-06-27T05:31:52-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Madison Mackie


June 26, 2008 at 6:47 pm


7 pounds, 5 ounces


20 inches long
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-06-25T21:53:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Fish have been found in 25 to 27 feet of water near the Fermi Plant and Stony Point. 

...Huron River - Good numbers of catfish have been caught on crawlers, shrimp and even chicken liver.   Smallmouth bass are hitting on spinners, crank baits or crawlers.


Detroit River - Jigging or handlining is producing fair to good numbers of walleye. 

...Clair - Yellow perch have been caught by those willing to put in the time.   Locate a school of perch and fish until the bite stops. 

...Lexington - Trout and salmon are being caught in 45 to 65 feet of water.   Those fishing inside the harbor have caught walleye, pike and a variety of panfish.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-06-21T11:15:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the Fair Haven area, perch are active in the shipping channels and around number 26 and 28 buoys. ...  Small mouth bass are active in 6-8 feet of water on green or brown tubes.   Walleye anglers are trolling all parts of the river and using bottom bouncers, activity has slowed however. 

...Walleye fishing is great on both sides of Grosse Ile, the mouth of the Detroit River, and the Trenton Channel. ...  Walleye action is also good in Lake Erie in 20-feet of water using blue, silver and clown pattern spoons, as well as reef runners.   Off of the Flat Rock area the perch action is good on Lake Erie right around the Ohio/Michigan line and near the Sputnik Buoy.   Off of Pointe Mouille and Lake Erie Metro Park, anglers will find easy access, and some great conditions for catching catfish, perch and blue gill. 

...Near the Monroe area, Lake Erie is giving up good catches of walleye in 20-feet of water in front of the Fermi Plant, and also around Little Sister Island between Ohio and Monroe. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>David Mackie - Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing Report</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-06-18T07:58:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They are catching perch by the South Channel past the Fire Cracker on both the American and Canadian side of the lake.    Perch are also are being caught in Anchor Bay.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AAA Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Fishing Report</category><dc:date>2008-06-15T17:55:59-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Around the Fair Haven area, small mouth bass are plentiful on tube jigs and spinner bait however it is still catch and release at this point.   The official bass season starts on June 21, 2008.   Walleye action has slowed on the river this week.   The shipping channels are producing good numbers of perch on minnows around buoys 26 and 28. 


n the Port Huron area, the mouth of the Black River continues to give up decent catches of silver bass, smallmouth bass and pike. 


...Clair anglers have good action this week for walleye in the 14-21 inch range between St. ...  Crawler harnesses, Rapalas, and pencil plugs are doing the trick. 


Click here for the entire fishing report:
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/061308/loc_local04.shtml&#x22;&#x3e;Petition drive targets Canadian nuke dump&#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Environment</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-06-15T17:39:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Waste site planned north of Sarnia, stirring fears of water contamination


By Chad Selweski


Macomb Daily Staff Writer


An online petition drive launched to protest a proposed nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron has gathered 2,000 signatures in its first 24 hours.


Two groups, Progress Michigan and Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, initiated the petition drive to raise the prospect of water contamination posed by the waste site, which is planned for an Ontario location north of Sarnia.


The drive began Monday, in advance of the June 18 close of a "public comment period" offered by the Canadian government.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0&#x2c;1607&#x2c;7-153-10364-34956--&#x2c;00.html&#x22;&#x3e;DNR Recreational Fishing Report&#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Fishing Report</category><dc:date>2008-06-12T21:41:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Rivers around the state are experiencing high water levels, especially in areas that received heavy rainfall over the last week. ...  We should start to move into the summer fishing mode now that warmer weather is finally here. 


Lake Erie - Is producing good catches of walleye in the 17 to 21 inch size range.   Most anglers are using crawler harnesses on bottom bouncers while others are doing well on spoons and body baits.   Most recently, the best fishing has been in 23 to 25 feet of water near Stony Point and straight out from Bolles Harbor around the E-Buoy.


...Detroit River - White bass are still biting, but not with the same intensity.


Lexington - The salmon and lake trout are scattered in waters 30 to 100 feet deep.   Perch were caught in 50 to 60 feet of water south of the port. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604104354.htm&#x22;&#x3e;New Ballast Treatment Could Protect Great Lakes Fish &#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>VHS</category><category>Government</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-06-08T17:42:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Jun.   4, 2008) &mdash; A Michigan Technological University professor has developed a new water treatment that could help keep a deadly fish disease out of Lake Superior.


David Hand, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Tech, has devised a simple way to treat ballast water in vessels ranging from pleasure craft to ore boats.   His method is designed to kill the virus that causes viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), an often-fatal disease that has been attacking fish populations in the lower Great Lakes.


Hand's treatment is simple.   The ballast water is disinfected with sodium hypochlorite&mdash;ordinary household bleach.   Then it is treated with ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, which neutralizes the bleach before the water is released into the lake.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080604104354.htm]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080606/NEWS05/806060413/&#x22;&#x3e;Canada proposes refinery&#x2c; dump&#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Government</category><category>Environment</category><dc:date>2008-06-08T17:30:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Environmental groups and U.S. officials are sounding alarms about two major new Canadian projects -- a heavy oil mega refinery along the St.   Clair River and an underground radioactive waste repository near Lake Huron -- they say could put Michigan air and water at risk for decades.


Michigan residents and businesses won't benefit from the projects and are largely unaware of them.   Opponents say U.S. concerns are not represented in Canada, where the prospect of new jobs makes locals welcome the projects.


...The refinery would process up to 250,000 barrels a day of heavy crude oil from rich tar sands in Alberta, making fuel for the Canadian market.


The new refinery would be more than twice the size of the Marathon refinery in southwest Detroit, which is seeking state permits to expand by 15% to 115,000 barrels per day.


Ontario nuclear officials are making plans to dig 2,150 feet underground to bury low- and medium-level radioactive waste from 20 nuclear plants for hundreds of years.   The site is half a mile from Lake Huron, across the lake from Michigan's Thumb.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/SPORTS10/805290378&#x22;&#x3e;White bass are scrappy&#x2c; fun &#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-06-04T17:11:38-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jun-2008#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[BY ERIC SHARP &bull; FREE PRESS OUTDOORS WRITER &bull; MAY 29, 2008


		


We're using a three-weight fly rod and an ultralight spinning rod to cast a glass minnow fly and a small white bucktail jig at boils on the surface of the Detroit River, and every cast results in a strike and a hard fight.


The target is white bass, and we've located a big school of them off Lake Erie Metropark by watching for baitfish exploding through the surface as they were attacked by the white bass from below.


They aren't the biggest fish in the Great Lakes, but matched with the right tackle they are among the scrappiest.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;a href=&#x22;http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0&#x2c;1607&#x2c;7-153-10364-43225--&#x2c;00.html&#x22;&#x3e;Free Fishing Weekend June 7 &#x26; 8&#x2c; 2008 &#x3c;/a&#x3e;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2008-05-30T08:36:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan's Free Fishing Weekends are two special days when all fishing license fees will be waived for residents and outstate visitors alike on both inland and Great Lakes waters.   All fishing regulations will still apply.


Free Fishing Weekend events are sponsored by many communities, businesses, and conservation and fishing clubs.   Click here, for a list of Michigan Free Fishing Weekend events.


National Boating and Fishing Week is June 1-8, 2008.   Look on the "Take Me Fishing" website at www.takemefishing.org for additional activities not only in Michigan, but other states as well.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Smelt still scarce</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-05-27T07:40:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This spring brought the usual plaintive e-mails and telephone calls from readers asking if anyone knew where smelt were running.   And the answer was the same as it has been for 10 years -- no one has seen any, and if you find some, please let the rest of us know.


It turned out that one exception was the northern Lake Huron coastline along the Canadian shore and the adjacent St.   Marys River, where dippers enjoyed some excellent smelt runs.


That raised hopes that the silvery little fish might be making a comeback and provide spring sport for people and food for Lake Huron salmon whose numbers have been decimated by the disappearance of alewives.


Jeffrey Schaeffer, a research biologist with the U.S.   Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, has a different theory and says anglers shouldn't get their hopes up...


...http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Happy Memorial Day&#x21;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Holidays</category><dc:date>2008-05-26T08:50:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Store Hours</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Mackie&#x27;s Bait</category><dc:date>2008-05-23T16:22:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The bait store is now open from 5:00 am to 6:00 pm.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Recreational Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Michigan</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><dc:date>2008-05-21T20:05:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This coming Saturday May 24th is the opening day of bass season on the Great Lakes and all the inland waters except Lake St. ...  The early catch and release season has been very good so the opener this weekend should also be good especially if the weather warms up and stays that way. 


...Walleye were caught in 10 to 15 feet of water in Brest Bay. ...  White bass were still hitting this week and large numbers were caught in Brest Bay. 

...Huron River - A couple steelhead were caught on minnows near the rocks just down from the dam at Flat Rock. 

...Detroit River - Walleye angling has slowed but most boats are still catching a few. ...  Many are being taken by shore anglers, but boat anglers are also doing well when fishing about any place where the water is less than 32 feet deep. 

...Clair - Walleye fishing is still on the slow side off Metro Beach, but a few more fish were caught in the south end of the lake.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Consider Planting Michigan Native Plants</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Michigan</category><category>Environment</category><dc:date>2008-05-21T19:59:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This year consider planting plants native to your area when landscaping or gardening.   Native plants are defined as plants that existed in an area prior to European settlement.   The use of native plants has numerous benefits due to having evolved over thousands of years and, as such, are adapted to local conditions. 

...	&bull;	They flourish without fertilizers or synthetic pesticides and rarely need watering.


	&bull;	They provide food and habitat for wildlife which continues to disappear due to development


...	&bull;	They keep our regions unique and help us to maintain plant species


	&bull;	Their root systems rebuild the soil and work as filtering systems.


...http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/shopping/consider-planting-michigan-native-plants/]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-05-18T14:38:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organisation.


Marine species have been particularly hard hit as the human population booms, while numbers of birds and, fish and animals have also gone down, said the WWF in a report.


The study comes ahead of next week's UN convention on biological diversity in the former West German capital Bonn, which will discuss aims to achieve a "significant reduction" in the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.


The WWF, the world's largest independent conservation body, said it was "very unlikely" that the UN would meet its targets, despite the decline appearing to flatten off in recent years.


The WWF's Living Planet Index, which tracks the fortunes of nearly 4,000 populations of 1,477 vertebrate species from 1970 to 2005, showed an overall decline of 27 percent.


Over-fishing and hunting, along with farming, pollution and urban expansion, were blamed.


Click here for the entire article:


 http://news.theage.com.au/world/wildlife-numbers-plummet-globally-wwf-20080516-2f6o.html]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Recreational Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Fishing Report</category><dc:date>2008-05-15T20:21:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Lake Erie - Is very muddy and water temperatures have dropped into the 50 degree range.   Walleye fishing was best between Stony Point and the Fermi Power Plant. ...  Good numbers of white bass are hitting on pretty much anything. 

...Anglers fishing down from the walk bridge on the park side of the river were getting white bass and crappie on minnows.   Walleye are hitting on Hot-n-Tots or crawlers.


Detroit River - Walleye are being caught in the lower Trenton Channel, near Wyandotte, and around Mud Island.   Anglers are drifting Erie Dearies or trolling reef runners in 10 feet of water.


Lexington - Boats trolling in 15 to 40 feet of water caught trout and salmon on body baits or spoons. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Michigan votes to join Great Lakes pact</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Government</category><category>Michigan</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-05-15T20:14:09-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[LANSING -- Without a single dissenting vote, the state Senate and House voted Wednesday to include Michigan in a historic international compact designed to reserve all of the water in the Great Lakes for the eight states and two Canadian provinces surrounding them.


That doesn't quite cement Michigan's participation in the Great Lakes agreement, however, because the compact is linked to a series of additional House and Senate bills to regulate water usage within the state.   There's still disagreement over House and Senate versions of those proposed rules.


"We're taking the first important step forward and we'll continue to negotiate the items of disagreement," said Rep.   Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, the House point-person on the proposed water rules.   "Being able to move the process forward proves that we're serious about this and able to get it done.   If nothing else, it signals to the folks who are heavily invested in this that the time to come together and get an agreement is now."


...http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Great Invasion of the Lakes</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>VHS</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2008-05-12T20:15:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After 20 years of coping with zebra mussels, no comprehensive strategy is yet in place to deter the ongoing threat to the Great Lakes


...That may be the truest -- and cruelest -- elegy delivered as the Great Lakes mark the 20th anniversary of the discovery of zebra mussels on June 1, 1988, in Lake St. ...  It comes from Carol Stepien, a University of Toledo researcher who studies gobies -- another notorious invader -- and who has found at least 18 more goby varieties in Europe that would probably love to call the Great Lakes home.


Freshwater species that originated in tributaries around the Black and Caspian Seas seem to adore the Great Lakes, and various Eurasian species had been showing up since the St.   Lawrence Seaway opened to foreign ships in 1959. 

...Zebra mussels showed how readily a bigger invader could not just survive, but thrive, threatening to wipe out some native species and alter the food web so drastically that even big lake fish no longer had enough food.   It was not the first, it may not even be the worst, but it surely is the poster child for a problem that no one has yet had the will to address.


... http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>DNR Fishing Report</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>DNR</category><category>Detroit River</category><category>Fishing Report</category><dc:date>2008-05-07T20:47:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anglers had mild success for walleye near the Fermi Power Plant and Stony Point when slow trolling with bottom bouncers. ...  Those fishing the lake side of the Banana Dike caught walleye in 10 feet of water. ...  The catch and release bass action has been good near the shoreline and in the channel off Bolles Harbor.


...Walleye fishing has picked up and the smallmouth bass bite has been good. 

...Detroit River - Has good walleye action along the entire river when using jigs with minnows or crank baits in the early morning or late at night.   Perch have been caught around Stony Island but watch out for the rocks. 

...Clair - Some walleye were caught when jigging or handlining but the action is slow. 

...Lexington - Boats trolling in 15 to 25 feet of water have caught coho, lake trout steelhead and brown trout with a few chinook and walleye mixed in. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bill will protect Great Lakes</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Government</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-05-06T21:44:30-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[President George W.   Bush has threatened to veto a House-passed bill that would make saltwater ships install systems that kill all living organisms in their tanks before dumping ballast in U.S. waters, including the Great Lakes.


There's no question this administration has one of the worst environmental records in history, drawing fire from conservative hunting and fishing groups as well as the usual ecological lefties, and that the bill the president threatens to veto is no more than a step in the right direction.


Yet anyone who fishes or goes boating in Michigan should contact both of our senators and tell them that the Senate needs to adopt the House bill quickly and send it to the White House with a veto-proof majority, because if nothing else, it's a start...


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 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?  AID=/20080504/SPORTS10/805040648]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The DNR Wants Your Input</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><category>Government</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-05-05T19:46:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The DNR is   seeking input on two fishing issues: Increase in Lines Allowed for Fishing and Salmon Daily Bag Limits.   The DNR is committed to providing consistent opportunity for anglers and continuing its efforts to simplify regulations.   Neither proposal will have any negative biological impact on the state's fishery resources.   They address social issues and perspectives on ways anglers may prefer to enjoy their fishing activities. 


Use this link to read the press releases, Frequently Asked Questions and submit your comment.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Proposal to Review the Daily Bag Limit for Salmon</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>DNR</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2008-04-29T18:01:16-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Click here for the Proposal to Review the Daily Bag Limit for Salmon: 


http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/SalmonDailyBagLimitFAQ_232622_7.pdf
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Detroit River run provides legendary walleye fishing</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Fishing</category><category>Detroit River</category><dc:date>2008-04-28T17:52:31-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Detroit River run provides legendary walleye fishing


APRIL 24, 2008


When Nick Homayed was a teenager fishing the Detroit River every chance he got, he figured that stretchy monofilament line was a major reason for missing the hook set when a walleye struck.


"So I spooled a reel with dental floss, and it really worked.   I thought I was on to something," said Homayed, a Dearborn Heights angler who is one of the most knowledgeable walleye guides in the state...


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]]></content:encoded></item><item><title> Out-of-This-World Fishing (PICS) </title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Pictures</category><dc:date>2008-04-24T21:17:08-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Click Here for Out-of-This-World Fishing (PICS) 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>2008 Fishing Guide and Trout and Salmon Guide</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Government</category><category>DNR</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T19:34:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The new regulations are now in effect starting April 1, 2008.


2008 Fishing Guide  

2008 Trout and Salmon Guide 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fresh is better</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Cooking</category><dc:date>2008-04-22T21:03:28-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For dinner recently my wife, Susan, and I had perch that were caught in Lake Erie about eight hours earlier.   Dredged in spiced bread crumbs and saut&eacute;ed gently, the fish were incredibly tasty served with a fresh salad and pierogi, the latter a relatively recent addition to our very British-oriented palates.


...I've had the experience of rummaging through the freezer and coming up with a plastic-wrapped mass of something that I had caught or killed so long ago I couldn't even identify it.


Experience has taught me that thawing such packages and cooking whatever was inside usually results in a meal that makes the offerings of the greasiest diner look good.


...I've had halibut steaks that after a year in the freezer were as tasty as some "fresh" halibut I've bought that probably had been sitting on ice for several days before reaching the fish market.


But freshwater fish don't usually fare as well in the freezer, and those with higher fat contents -- including salmon, trout and whitefish -- often develop an unpleasant taste after three months because the fat starts to oxidize. ...  But just because a fish is edible after months in the freezer doesn't mean it's palatable. 

...Anglers would do themselves a great favor if they worried less about catching limits of fish and more about keeping just enough to eat in the next week or so.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Frog and Toad Survey</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Government</category><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-04-21T19:30:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Each spring, volunteers statewide take to the field to listen for the calling of frogs and toads.   While the chirps and croaks are a true harbinger of spring, the data the volunteers collect help us determine the status of these declining species.   Click on the link above, or go to http://www.michigan.gov/frogsurvey.


Source: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153--189002--,00.html]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>No Child Left Inside</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Government</category><dc:date>2008-04-20T16:10:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[  There was a time . . . when the children playing outside, climbing trees, wading in ponds and creeks and hiding in tall grass fields was a common occurrence.   They left their homes in the morning returned for a quick lunch, often eaten outdoors, and then returned to the woods, fields and ponds until evening voices called them to supper. 

...They created special names "The crooked tree", "Three pines", and the "Cow field" and all the kids in the neighborhood could direct you to these places not with street names, but by a variety of natural markers. 

...The total range for children playing and wandering outdoors is one-ninth of what is was for current adults.   Much of this reduction is due to competition from electronic media, structured sports and activities and the concerns of parents letting kids roam free unsupervised.   Ask a child to draw a map of their area and most would be able to identify few natural landmarks beyond their backyard.   "It is clear that unstructured outdoor and nature play today is becoming less and less relevant to children", says Raymond Rustem with the Department of Natural Resource's Outreach and Education Unit.


The Department is encouraging kids, educators, parents, guardians and mentors to help mend the child-nature connection. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Michigan Water Use Legislation</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Government</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2008-04-14T22:06:03-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you want steelhead and salmon out in the Great Lakes, it's time to speak up for the rivers and streams where they grow up as juveniles and return to spawn.


As you may know, the House and the Senate bills are very different in how they would implement the new set of rules and regulations over groundwater withdrawals in the state.  ...  That is, the importance of Michigan's water to stay where it is now...in its streams, lakes, and wetlands...for the multi-billion dollars of recreation, tourism and property values that make Michigan the unique state that it is.


...The Senate version of this legislation would allow up to 25% of summer flows to be withdrawn...without any permitting process or any public input...and acknowledges that this would reduce trout populations.  

...It is unimaginable to me that our state would enact water legislation that says it's ok to reduce stream flows by 25% in the summer months.  

...What we do know is that the Senate version of the legislation would provide no means for any member of the public (individuals, groups, property owners) to contest a proposed large-scale groundwater withdrawal.  

...There are just too many unknowns to the consequences of such a far-reaching new set of regulations like this, to be comfortable with being so aggressive right out of the box.  

...All you really have to say is that you are in favor of strong protection for Michigan's salmon/troutstreams, that you support the House version of the proposed legislation, and that you are opposed to the Senate version. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Warming could sap Superior</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Great Lakes</category><dc:date>2008-04-11T22:53:53-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Still, the future effects of climate change are tough to predict at a local level, and most scientists said much more study is needed to understand how the region will change and how to plan for it.


...One consensus of the scientists in attendance: Governments need to start planning for changes, such as lower lakes, storms and floods that could overwhelm existing sewer systems.


...Although many climate researchers say they think the Great Lakes region will be wetter and warmer in the future, lake levels still will decline because there will be less ice cover in winter, allowing more water evaporation, he said.


...Colman said his research, and that of colleague Jay Austin, shows that less ice also means that the dark water absorbs more solar radiation, making the water warmer and leading to even less ice, in a perpetual loop.


...The lakes also will see more cyanobacteria, a class of harmful algae that includes toxic forms, said Steve Wilhelm, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee. 

...Recent research shows that the algae grow faster at higher water temperatures, and more algae will survive and outcompete other algae and tiny creatures as temperatures rise.


...The strong storms that climate modelers say Michigan and other Great Lakes states could get with climate change also bring a risk of spreading diseases, said Joan Rose, director of the Center for Water Sciences at MSU.


...Increasing storms, combined with higher temperatures that make it easier for pathogens to survive, could bring more disease outbreaks in the future, Rose said.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Border protection policy is fishing for more work</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Great Lakes</category><category>Lake St. Clair</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2008-04-01T22:35:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/apr-2008#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Customs and Border Protection will require fishermen to carry passports or other approved identification and check in with immigration upon returning from Canadian waters on the Detroit and St. 

..."If we're going to require fishermen to check in every time they run a boat across that invisible border (on the water), we're going to have a problem," said Smith, adding that he hopes to have "clarification" of the requirement next week.

...This mess started a couple of weeks ago when border patrol officials in Cleveland told local charter captains that if they entered Canadian waters on Lake Erie, they would have to file the same kind of paperwork required of large commercial ships transiting the lakes.

...All passengers would have to carry passports or other approved official identification, and everyone aboard would have to check in with immigration upon returning to Ohio (after the skipper calls the border patrol at least an hour before returning to port).

It's the kind of goofy rules you'd expect from cubicle denizens who know little about the situation for which they are making the rules, bureaucrats who probably have never seen a fishing boat, never mind gone fishing.

Needless to say, it has not made the Ohio charter captains happy, or people on other parts of the Great Lakes who routinely pass through Canadian waters and have heard about the plan.

Meanwhile, Smith has been meeting Detroit-area boating groups and telling them that if they don't tie up to the Canadian shore, or land in Canada, they don't have to check in upon returning to the United States.   He said that technically, the boaters should check in if they anchored in Canadian waters, but even that regulation hasn't been enforced because it doesn't make a lot of sense if the boaters anchor in the middle of a lake or river.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fishfarmer Magazine: Genetics research sheds light on  Great Lakes&#x27; fishvirus</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Great Lakes</category><category>VHS</category><dc:date>2008-01-28T20:59:58-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A DEVASTATING virus that has killed thousands of fish in the Great Lakes over the past few years is different from other strains of the same virus found in Europe and the West Coast of the United States, according to new genetic research by the US Geological Survey.


The Great Lakes' strain of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is the only strain outside of Europe that has been associated with significant die-offs of freshwater fish species.


VHSV is a rhabdovirus that is the causative agent of one of the most dangerous viral diseases of fish, says Dr Jim Winton, a fisheries scientist at the USGS Western Fisheries Research Centre (WFRC) in Seattle. 

...Winton and co-authors Gael Kurath and William Batts recently authored a new USGS fact sheet that describes important genetic information about isolates of VHSV from the Great Lakes region. 

...Genetic research at the WFRC and by colleagues from Canada showed that this strain of the virus was probably introduced into the Great Lakes in the last five to 10 years, and that the fish die-offs occurring among different species and in different lakes should be considered as one large ongoing epidemic.   The USGS genetic research also indicated that the Great Lakes' strain of the virus was not from Europe, where three other strains of the virus occur, but more likely had its origin among marine or estuarine fish of the Atlantic seaboard of North America. 

...The Great Lakes' strain has now been isolated from more than 25 species of fish in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake St Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Saint Lawrence River and from inland lakes in New York, Michigan and Wisconsin. 

...Regulatory agencies in the United States and Canada have already placed restrictions on the movement of fish or fish products that could pose a risk for the spread of VHS virus to regions outside of the known geographic range. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>OUTPOST: Ski and fishing reports&#x2c; along with outdoors evnets around the state</title><dc:creator>webmaster@mackiesbait.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><category>Michigan</category><dc:date>2008-01-27T19:50:06-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.mackiesbait.com/blog/