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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
2
Thousands of Michigan anglers stay on the ice as spearing ends February 29 with safe conditions. Tip ups dot northern lakes and varied devices signal strikes. winter catches include perch bluegills lake trout and pike while ice fishing grows in popularity for meals and outdoor sport.
Snowshoe hares and cottontails in Michigan’s north country face closed seasons after March 1 in the upper peninsula and northern lower peninsula. Southern region closed January 31. Snowshoe numbers were low this year while cottontails remained abundant, with hunts likely above last year’s totals.
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A new postings inform anglers that parts of the Au Sable River in Crawford county will allow flies only fishing with a 10 inch minimum for legal trout. Printing errors in the 1956 Digest noted nine inches in a 20 mile zone but officials maintain 10 inches. North Branch will follow the nine inch rule from last fall. Placards will warn anglers before the season on all experimental areas detailing the rules.
Smelt spawning runs are expected from late March to early April drawing thousands to streams feeding northern Lake Michigan, Saginaw Bay, Green Bay and related areas. Dippers may use hiand nets up to five feet around March 1 to May 31, with larger nets allowed in some non trout waters April 1 to May 31.
Northern districts report numerous deer dead from starvation as harsh weather limits activity. Ontonagon county two deer, Dickinson county three fawns, Marquette two fawns cited in the north. Mio district nine starved fawns and three deer killed by dogs. Montmorency five starved fawns. Gladwin one starving deer killed by dogs. Biologists warn many deaths remain hidden in snowbound areas. Full tally awaits winter melt. Upper peninsula snow 6 inches to 24 inches. lower peninsula 2 inches to 1 foot.
Southern Michigan sees rising deer fatalities as four whitetails were struck and killed by a locomotive near Vermontville in Eat on County early this week. Deer-vehicle crashes surged last year with 683 deaths in the southern Lower Peninsula, up over 80 percent from 1954, reflecting rapid deer population growth due to favorable food and weather and inadequate hunting.
Snowmelt freed deer movement in Crystal Falls Escanaba and some lower peninsula areas while Baraga Newberry districts remained constrained. Movement improved in southern Gladwin Baldwin districts where deer roamed more freely as snow receded.
Michigan issued over 2.37 million hunting and fishing licenses in the last fiscal year solidifying its status as the top outdoors state. Interior data show Michigan first in hunting license sales and third in sport fishing permits with 1,186,454 hunting and 1,188,134 fishing licenses. nationwide total licenses reached 33,046,361, up 392,000 year over year, with 18,854,000 fishing and 14,191,000 hunting licenses. Nonresident fishing permits exceeded 2.6 million. Wisconsin and Minnesota also attracted many nonresident anglers.
The Conservation Commission will consider seven land purchases totaling 868 acres at its March 15-16 meeting in Lansing. Pittman Robertson funds would acquire six tracts at state game areas including River Rouge 120 acres and De ford 80 acres, plus Middleville 41 acres Gratiot Saginaw 40 acres Nayanquing Pointe 40 acres and Dansville 37 acres. A 10 acre Gregory tract will use game protection funds.
The text states that outdoors enthusiasts across Michigan spent about 87 million dollars on fishing and hunting licenses permits tags trout stamps and Federal duck stamps. Hunters accounted for roughly 47.6 million of that total. It notes license sales show only part of fishing pressure and that angling permits are not required for wives of resident fishermen or for children under 17.
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