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What’s Flying: Birds welcoming the sunrise

“Summer afternoon - summer afternoon: to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James Summer has been interesting to say the least. The aroma of newly blooming wild roses might definitely make even the coolest days better. Although the ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Little Bay de Noc: Anglers targeting walleye reported a tough bite, with lower harvest numbers. Some anglers traveled to the outer regions of Little Bay de Noc. Minneapolis Shoal and Portage Point were mentioned by some anglers, who reported marking fish and catching a few larger walleye. ...

Outdoors North: A good day to get out into the woods

“Takes rocks and gravel, baby, to make a solid road, make a solid road,” – Bob Dylan Growing up in a turn-of-the-20th century mining company house, within sight of a hematite mine that had been in operation for nearly a hundred years before I was born, I think I always felt that the red ...

What’s Flying: A great time to be out

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” – Henery David Thoreau Well, we should get a bit of summer in the middle of … oh, wait, it is summer! This is one of those summer types the Upper Peninsula occasionally experiences, creating a clearly different ...

DNR weekly fishing report

Munising: Boat anglers trolling the bay and around Grand Island picked reported catching a few Chinook salmon and coho salmon, along with a few splake. Anglers trolling and jigging for lake trout also had good success. Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers reported good numbers of coho salmon being caught while trolling stickbaits, spoons, and flasher-fly combinations in the upper portion of the water column. Anglers also caught chinook salmon, brown trout, and rainbow trout while trolling, although in smaller numbers. Anglers reported a slow bite while jigging for whitefish. Those targeting ...