By JOHN PEPIN Michigan Department of Natural Resources MARQUETTE — There’s an old trout pond in Marquette County said to have years back held one monster fish, a true pole bender, a devilish delight caught just after sundown on a fluffy makeshift fly cast from a canoe. In the wetlands ...

“When I grow up, I want to be one of the harvesters of the sea,” — Les Claypool Just a few short hours after the mighty hands of the springtime clock groaned and screeched forward an hour, the four of us stood in the early morning daylight looking out at the white, frozen bay before ...

Weekly Fishing Report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: This report is intended to give you an idea of what is going on around the state. Updates come from Fisheries staff and conservation officers. With more than 11,000 inland lakes, the Great Lakes and thousands of miles of ...

MARQUETTE — The North Country Trail Hikers, the local chapter of the North Country Trail Association, is no more. Well, at least not by its name. The chapter now will be known as the Marquette Area Chapter of the NCTA, which was announced at Tuesday’s annual meeting at the Peter White ...

“It won’t go in words, but I know that it’s real. I can be moving, or I can be still, but still is still moving to me.” — Willie Nelson There are sometimes single days when the darkness seems to cover the light for months at a time. There are some months when it seems the light ...

Upper Peninsula Little Bay de Noc: Weather conditions resulted in some deep slush pockets, creating travel challenges for some wheeled vehicles. Anglers fishing for walleye reported low numbers of fish, although the fish that were caught were quality fish. Anglers targeting shallower water ...