And so here we are, September, the start of meteorological fall after a summer that seemed far too fleeting. The area animals and plants, of course, have no such artificial dates to mark when the seasons turn — and don’t need it. They take their cues from the waning daylight. At the ...
LANSING — Michigan’s Liberty Hunt will take place statewide next weekend on private or public lands open to firearm deer hunting. Individuals with qualifying disabilities may participate, in addition to youth 16 years of age and younger. All hunters must wear hunter orange. More information on the Sept. 10-11 hunt is available online in the Michigan 2022 hunting digest.
IRON MOUNTAIN — Fishing pressure was light this week but local anglers were finding success landing panfish and northern pike. “They’ve been catching some perch on worms in the morning,” said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. “They’ve been taking northern pike on suckers.” Crawlers were working to attract bluegills and smaller walleye, Whisler added. An improvement project at the Cedar River State Harbor and Boating Access Site in Menominee County gets underway Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. Though the harbor and site ...
LANSING — With duck and goose hunting seasons starting soon, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks all hunters to be observant and careful when harvesting and handling wild birds, due to the presence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. Although the rate of positive ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Trout fishing is good as fall approaches, along with smallmouth bass action. “Anglers have been landing some good-size brookies,” said Ken Dabb at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. Smallmouths are “hitting really good,” mainly on nightcrawlers, he added. For perch, Fay Whisler at the Florence shop recommends minnows in the early morning. Walleye action has only been fair, with smaller fish biting on leeches. Top-water lures have been the ticket for landing northern pike, Whisler added. To the south, walleye and yellow perch fishing was good this week on ...
A reader, Al Hansen, recently stopped in at the Daily News office with a photo he wanted to share. It was a lovely butterfly, velvet brown with wings edged in gilded cream and a string of sky-blue spots, that his visiting grandson, Kyle Dorosz, had taken at his home. They did not know what ...
