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DNR weekly fishing report

St. Ignace: Anglers on Lake Huron successfully caught lake trout using spoons and flashers on downriggers off the east side of Mackinac Island. At the Carp and Pine rivers, walleye fishing pressure continued to decline, with most anglers targeting them primarily catching undersized fish. Walleye anglers employed various techniques, including floating leeches, casting small spinner baits, jigging soft plastics, and trolling nightcrawler harnesses. Ontonagon River: Fishing efforts on the river have been low over the past week. Angler reports show that walleye were being caught in low ...

Outdoors North: Weathering many more storms

“I was in your presence for an hour or so, or was it a day, I truly don’t know – where the sun never set, where the trees hung low, by that soft and shining sea,” – Bob Dylan In that morning time, in those seemingly sacred hours, the lake was flat, stark and magnificent. There was ...

What's Flying: Birding and swimming a distinct pleasure

“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled” – Sue Monk Kidd They say where there is smoke there is fire. The fires certainly persist in Canada, with towns still getting evacuated as some fires continue to be difficult to contain. Summer ...

Talk With the Doc: History of our USA Statue of Liberty

As we just completed of wonderful patriotic Fourth of July celebrations, I thought it would be timely to review a brief history of our great Statue of Liberty. The statue is a figure of a classically dressed woman, created in France. Our wonderful Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship ...