IRON MOUNTAIN — Updated northern pike regulations are in effect for several area lakes after the Michigan Natural Resources Commission gave its approval during a meeting Thursday in Escanaba.

Norway Lake and Rock Lake in Dickinson County, Dawson Lake in Iron County and Lake Ann in Menominee County were added to the list of waters where up to five northern pike may be kept. Only one pike 24 inches or greater is allowed in the daily possession limit.

The online Michigan Fishing Guide available at Michigan.gov/DNRDigests will be updated to reflect the changes, along with a few others across the state. To the east in Luce County, Youngs Lake was removed from Michigan’s Type A trout regulations.

Musky fishing has picked up, according to Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis.

“Lots of catches under 40 inches, along with a 42-incher and 44-incher that one lucky angler landed,” she said.

As cooler weather moves in archery hunters are starting to report a few deer and grouse hunting is slowly improving, Whisler added.

Wisconsin’s general inland trout fishing season closes Sunday, at which point anglers will no longer be allowed to fish inland streams, springs and spring ponds for trout or salmon. The season reopens May 4.

Duck hunters have been out in good numbers in the marsh off of Oconto, Wis., and on the lower Peshtigo River in Marinette County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said.

The Michigan DNR reported this Upper Peninsula activity:

Little Bay de Noc: Some salmon remained in the tributaries. Fishing pressure on the lake was noticeably down. Anglers targeting walleye reported fair fishing. Methods used included drifting and trolling crawler harnesses, as well as jigging reaction baits or jig heads. Yellow perch fishing was reported as fair to good.

Big Bay de Noc: Those ventured out reported good smallmouth bass fishing. Anglers reported catching small numbers of yellow perch, but they had to work hard for those bites.

Marquette: Anglers reported that the best place for catching lake trout was near the north side of the White Islands, trolling in 120 to 140 feet of water. Anglers who trolled for lake trout around Granite Rock had the most luck trolling or jigging at around 140 to 200 feet of water. The numbers of Chinook and coho salmon caught began to rise, and they were caught between 40 to 70 feet of water mostly by the Chocolay River and out toward Shot Point. Pink salmon were still being caught at the mouth of the Carp River. Anglers reported watermelon, multicolored spoons, Bite Me Elmo and bright green as being good lures for lake trout while gold spoons, bright lime or orange, and moonshine glows were good colors for salmon.

Au Train: Au Train saw a major decrease in anglers, but almost everyone who did make it out seemed to catch near their limit of lake trout. The coho and Chinook salmon started to see a resurgence in numbers being caught. Anglers seemed have the most success when focusing their fishing in 40 to 70 feet of water.

Ontonagon/Silver City/Union Bay: These ports saw little fishing effort due to recent rains and high winds on the lake. Anglers who took advantage of weather windows brought in good numbers of lake trout. Trolling artificial lures across a variety of depths was the key to success, as anglers reported catching fish throughout the water column.