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Friday: Outdoors

Superiorland gone fishin’

Carp River/Nunns Creek: Both the Carp River and Nunns Creek were producing fish, but Nunns Creek was more popular for fishing. Anglers used lures such as jointed crankbaits or spoons while wading at Nunns Creek, though fresh spawn was equally as effective. At the Carp River, lures were much ...

Book mixes Upper Peninsula beauty with poetry

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The natural beauty of the Upper Peninsula is just one theme found in the next featured book of the U.P. Notable Book Club, “Superior Voyage.” The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association and the Crystal Falls Community ...

Outdoors North: Autumn brings an array of opportunities

“Walking through the leaves falling from the trees, feeling like a stranger nobody sees,” Bob Dylan With a thud, the car door shuts and the sound of my bootheels scraping on the dirt and gravel carries through the woods around me. The dirt is wet, packed hard and cold as it often is in ...

Outdoors North: U.P. provides edible bounty in August

Blackberry John left me his old recipe in his will,” – Gordon Lightfoot It was after suppertime when I backed into a makeshift parking spot off a remote two-track road. I was getting ready to wet my fishing line before the sun went down. As I came around the brushy side of my Jeep to get ...

NMU alumnus finds true calling as fishing guide

By KRISTI EVANS and IAN MCCULLOUGH Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University alumnus Alex Ermatinger graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and biology. After a few years working in chemical engineering and then pharmaceutical ...