10/22/2025
🚨 Michigan Anglers – Your Voice Matters! 🚨
We worked for a long time to increase fishing opportunities in Michigan and open bass fishing to year round catch and release. Decisions were made with science and it has been a huge success. Bass fishing has never been better than it is today in Michigan, these are the good old days. Right now, there’s a proposal to completely close smallmouth bass fishing on Burt, Mullett, Crooked, Pickerel, and Black Lakes during May and early June. The Michigan DNR Fisheries Division has stated a season closure is not scientifically necessary and it is opposed by the MUCC.
To make your opinion on the matter heard you have two options. Attend the November 6 Natural Resources Commission meeting in Lansing, or send an email to [email protected]
Let’s stand together to protect Michigan’s world-class smallmouth fisheries and make sure decisions are based on science, not speculation.