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Outdoors North: Springtime speaks to the human condition

“I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream,” - Joe T. Babcock And now I go out walking again, barefoot in the wet, muddy places where the cow slips are already set to bloom. Their gloriously bright yellow pedals reflect sunlight onto the bright, green leaves of these plants that are ...

Preparing for fire season

HARVEY — Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters are preparing for the upcoming fire season using a variety of methods and equipment. Keith Murphy, DNR fire management specialist, explained on Tuesday at the agency’s Incident Coordination Center, or ICC, in Harvey, the ways ...

Outdoors North: It’s due time to ramble and explore

“And I was born a rambling,’ gamblin’ man.” – Bob Seger The recent nights, though still chilly by sleeping outside measures, have been increasingly warmer, like the days. Therefore, stepping outside the front or back door after dark has gone from hearing virtually nothing to ...

DNR seeks aid with reporting of marked splake

MARQUETTE — Fishing in Lake Superior? You can help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources evaluate the Lake Superior splake fishery by reporting marked splake. Splake, which are a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout, have been stocked in Lake Superior most years since 1971, ...

DNR Weekly Fishing Report

Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported fair to good success. Anglers were mostly targeting deep water areas in the upper bay using worms and minnows. St. Ignace: A few lake trout were caught in Lake Huron. Anglers should try trolling artificial baits adjacent to river mouths as the trout were reportedly feeding heavily on smelt. Manistique: Steelhead fishing improved. Anglers were catching steelhead when drifting beads primarily, but some were caught on spawn. Suckers were in the river in good numbers. Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers were finding luck trolling around Sand ...

Outdoors North: Trying to catch a better view down the road

“Come on the risin’ wind, we’re going up around the bend,” – John Fogerty I have always been interested in the idea of harbingers – indicators or signals of things up the road, coming around the bend – things we can’t see today, maybe not even tomorrow, but ...