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		<title>Commercial Fishing Bills on Committee Schedule May 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 19:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm disappointed to see now that House Natural Resources and Tourism Committee Chair Representative David Martin has added those very bad commercial fishing bills HB 5801 and 5802 to an upcoming committee hearing on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at noon.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michigan Commercial Fishing Attack on Sport Fishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The poorly written, damaging to Michigan Sport Fishing commercial fishing bills have been introduced again. State House Bills 5801 and 5802, introduced by Rep. Dave Prestin and Rep. Jason Morgan, have been assigned to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Upper and Lower Crooked Lakes Extreme Low Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a tale of two lakes. Intertwined lakes, in Barry County, Michigan. Where somehow the water has gone away. Upper and Lower Crooked Lakes, both near and dear to me, are suffering from the lowest water levels I've seen in the 35+ years I've been fishing them.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>81st ANNUAL ULTIMATE SPORT SHOW – GRAND RAPIDS at DEVOS PLACE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[81st Ultimate Sport Show - Grand Rapids with over 4 Acres of Fishing and Hunting Gear, Outdoor Travel, Fishing Boats, Seminars, Displays and Features, March 12-15, 2026.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2026 Outdoorama Features and Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy the outdoors – hunting, fishing, boating, camping etc. – then Vibe Credit Union Showplace, Novi is the place for you and your family Feb. 19-22 when the 53rd Annual Outdoorama returns to town.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KVD and Zona, the Ultimate Fishing Show 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of new fishing boats, the largest ice fishing display in Michigan, and a star-studded seminar lineup featuring some of the world’s top anglers will headline the 43rd annual Ultimate Fishing Show–Detroit, Jan. 8–11 at Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue in Novi.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2026 Ultimate Sport Show Tour!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm not trying to rush winter. I'm sure some semblance of winter is on the way. That means we are approaching the 2026 Ultimate Sport Show Tour - the three biggest fishing and outdoor sport shows in Michigan!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inland Waterway Bass Fishing Closure Defeated</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Kimmel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday at the Natural Resources Commission meeting in Lansing, science prevailed thanks to many, many persons who took the time to write in, and especially those who showed up to speak before the Commission on Commissioner Walters’ amendment to close bass fishing on the Inland Waterway and Black Lake from May 1 until the third Saturday in June.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Burt Mullett Lakes Spring Bass Fishing Closure Proposed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just before the October Natural Resources Committee meeting on Thursday, October 9, Commissioner John Walters added an amendment to Fisheries Order 206 – “Bass - Closed bass CIR season from May 1 – Friday before the third Saturday in June for Burt, Mullet, Crooked, Pickerel, and Black Lakes and their connecting waters.” ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lake St. Clair Smallmouth Bass Fishing by the Numbers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Kimmel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now is the best time to be a bass angler on Lake St. Clair in at least the last 50 years according to a recent long-term MDNR fisheries research study.]]></description>
		
		
		
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