Aug. 18, 2009
The Department of Natural Resources will co-host the 62nd Annual Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival Sept. 12-13 at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area (PMSGA). Activities begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and run through 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
The Great Lakes Fish Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association will hold the Fish Decoy World Championships at the festival this year. The association also will hold contests for fish carving and jigging stick. Registration for all carvings begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, with judging starting at 10 a.m. The public is welcome to view the registered decoys during the judging period, which ends in the early afternoon.
"Fish decoys are judged in the water, and it is amazing to see how some of the decoys act or swim with just a slight twitch of the jigging stick," said Dick Whitwam, executive director of the festival.
Members of the association will be on hand Sunday, Sept. 13, to demonstrate fish decoy swimming techniques.
Located at the mouth of the Huron River at Lake Erie, the PMSGA is the largest freshwater marsh restoration project in North America and one of Michigan's premier waterfowl hunting areas. All proceeds from the festival benefit wetland restorations and wildlife habitat improvements at Pointe Mouillee.
For more information about the festival, contact Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival Executive Director Dick Whitwam at (734) 379-4292 or online at: www.miwaterfowlfest.org.
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