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Friday: Outdoors

Upper Peninsula fishing report

• Ontonagon River: Angling efforts on the river remained fairly low over the past week. Reports of walleye being caught in low numbers. Recent rain showers and runoff had left the river waters dirty. • Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Ontonagon saw a fair amount of fishing effort over the ...

Hunters: Remember to ‘Clean. Drain. Dry.’ to protect waterfowl habitat

MARQUETTE — As waterfowl hunting season begins, the Michigan Invasive Species Program is asking hunters across the state to take extra precautions to prevent the spread of invasive species. Problem species Hydrilla, considered one of the world's most invasive aquatic plants, was found in ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Ontonagon River: The river saw low fishing efforts over the past week. Anglers reported that walleye were caught in low numbers by those fishing with natural baits. Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Ontonagon experienced fairly high levels of fishing effort over the past week. Efforts from ...

Outdoors North: Mysteries of the heart and mind unfurl

“No time for a summer friend, no time for the love you send, seasons change and so did I, you need not wonder why,” – Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings It was a strange and off-putting sequence of events that I encountered during what I presumed would be a casual afternoon respite, ...

As swim buoys at state parks are removed, swim area designation expires

As the weather cools and the days shorten, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources continues the process of removing swim buoys and the Great Lakes flag system from many state park beaches. Once buoys are removed – a process that always starts after Labor Day – the area is no longer ...