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What’s Flying: The air starts to clear

“If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.” – Roald Dahl That seems to be a logical call this year as so much of this July had produced all but inhabitable conditions at times. Seems like everybody, man and beast alike, would love ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported catching some fish near the Escanaba Harbor and the mouth of the Escanaba River. Perch fishing in the head of the bay was slow, and anglers targeting walleye had limited success. Walleye fishing was slow, with anglers trolling crawler harnesses ...

Outdoors North: Up in smoke

“Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky,” – Deep Purple There’s a smell I occasionally get a whiff of when the damper on the fireplace is open and I’m sitting on the short couch in the living room. It’s the smell of charred wood — an aroma that’s pleasant around a campfire or ...

What’s Flying: Part of a beautiful summer

“I drifted into a summer nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder.” — Terri Guillemets July have been filled with hot shade, cicada choruses, distant thunder and so much more this summer. Temperatures soared to near 100F ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported catching some fish near the Escanaba River and the reefs in the upper bay, though overall fishing was slow. Walleye anglers were able to find some fish near the weed beds. Some anglers headed south out of Escanaba in search of salmon. Chinook ...