IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will hold a forest management open house Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Crystal Falls.

The open houses are informal sessions that give the public a chance to speak with foresters, wildlife biologists and other resource professionals. Currently, all open houses are hosted as comment periods with opportunities to contact unit managers, the DNR said.

More information is available at https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/forestry/public-input or by contacting field supervisors Brad Carlson, 906-201-4688, or Eric Thompson, 906-789-8231.

The comment period ends Sept. 6.

The Garmin/Navionics Wisconsin State Championship walleye tournament is wrapping up today in Oconto, Wis.

The Anglers Insight Marketing event in the Bay of Green Bay has a first-place prize of $12,000, based on an 80-boat field. Awards will be presented at 5 p.m. today at Breakwater Park in Oconto.

Angler Trent Papesh of Little Chute, Wis., predicts some teams will make a run north, perhaps even as far as Michigan water. “I’ve fished the area a lot,” he said. “I’m expecting 50-plus pounds both days to win it.”

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that the inland hook and line season for lake sturgeon takes place Sept. 2-30 on certain waters, including the Menominee River.

The season is catch and release only below Grand Rapids Dam near Ingalls, Mich., while upstream one fish may be harvested per season at a minimum length of 60 inches.

Anglers interested in harvesting a lake sturgeon must have their general 2023 fishing license and a valid hook and line lake sturgeon tag. A tag is not required if you plan to release the catch.

“The lower Menominee River is expected to provide good catch and release action, and the open portions of the upper Menominee River will also have plenty of fish available, with a few sturgeon reaching the 60-inch length limit,” the DNR said.

For more, go to at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing/sturgeon/SturgeonInlandFishery.html.

The Michigan DNR reported this Upper Peninsula activity:

Little Bay de Noc: High winds had a significant effect on fishing pressure. Anglers reported the start of improved perch fishing, although they anticipate further improvement over time. Those fishing out of Kipling had fair results when still fishing or drifting. Walleye anglers reported good fishing. Some fish were caught near the narrows, “black bottom” and areas by the mouth of the Ford River.

Big Bay de Noc: Anglers targeting smallmouth reported fair to good fishing.

Fairport: Angler pressure was down. Windy conditions limited the number of fishable days. Anglers reported some remaining salmon; however, many adults left the area and started heading toward river mouths.

Marquette: Anglers who made it out reported the best places for catching fish were near the northwest side of the White Islands and trolling out toward Granite Island. Anglers trolling around 120 to 160 feet of water harvested the most lake trout near the White Islands. Reports of several Chinook and coho harvested this week as well at around 100 feet of water. Anglers trolling for lake trout around Granite Rock had the most luck at around 120 to 150 feet of water. Yellow tails, silver and pearl multicolored spoons, cow bells, and green and blue flasher flies were good lures for lake trout, while gold spoons and lime green crank baits were good for Chinook and coho salmon near the White Rocks. Mostly lake trout were harvested out by Granite Island.

Au Train: Anglers who made it out seemed to catch near their limit. The best places were the northeast side of Au Train Island. Anglers trolling or jigging around 160 feet of water or trolling along the flats were harvesting the most lake trout. Also, trolling cowbells around 145 feet of water with sucker meat or smelt had good success for some anglers. Trolling or jigging bright green/silver spoons, or cow bells with sucker, smelt or white fish bellies were common baits.

Les Cheneaux/Detour: In the Hessel area, anglers trolled for Chinook salmon and lake trout in the west entrance and had some luck.

Keweenaw Bay/Huron Bay: Anglers reported catches of lake trout and coho during successful fishing trips. These anglers focused their pressure during the morning hours and used almost exclusively artificial baits. Most trips were successful in 150 feet of water or less.

Big Traverse Bay/South Portage Canal: Most of the catch was lake trout, with increased numbers of pink salmon being seen. Other species that were caught during these trips were Chinook and coho salmon.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: Anglers had luck in catching good numbers of lake trout and the occasional coho salmon. They reported that trolling artificial lures across a variety of depths was the key to successful trips. Early morning trips seemed to be the most popular.

Black River Harbor: Fishing from the harbor was good, with catches consisting of respectable numbers of lake trout.

Carp and Pine rivers: Most anglers were targeting salmon. Fishing from the concrete walkway or wading was the most popular way to reach the fish.