Upper Peninsula Little Bay de Noc: Perch anglers reported mixed success. Most anglers were fishing across from Kipling in depths of 40 to 45 feet of water. Some anglers were also catching perch in shallower waters near the Kipling launch and by the Days River. Anglers reported more success ...

Little Bay de Noc: Fishing pressure out on the bay greatly reduced. However, some perch anglers continued to venture out and reported fair numbers of perch being caught. Anglers out of Kipling were fishing in 40 to 45 feet of water. The cove near the bridge at Aronson Island was also producing ...

MARQUETTE — Fisheries regulations and invasive species control evolve over time, and those issues and others were discussed at Tuesday’s virtual Conversations and Coffee. Michigan Department of Natural Resources biologists talked with the public about fisheries management, focusing on the ...

“Riding the storm out, waiting for the thaw out,” – Gary Richrath After a few days of elated joy brought on by the arrival of springtime to these great north woods, nature dug into its bag of tricks and lobbed up at least one more googly ball of splat. Overnight, misting rain turned ...

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Granola bars and gorp — typically a mix of dried fruits and nuts — are mainstays of the hiking culinary world. However, hikers who want to add more flavor to their treks can take to their kitchens and prepare other snacks before ...

“Meet me on the mountain when the winter is dying and the snow lays deep on the mountain trails.” — Gary Richrath On the glorious occasion of the highly anticipated vernal equinox — the spring splitting of the night and day in half — the rising sunlight was one of those opaque, ...