For those looking to experience nature’s grandeur, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the western Upper Peninsula – fondly known as “the Porkies” – is the place to go. Featuring 60,000 acres of old-growth forest, roaring waterfalls, Lake Superior shoreline, rivers, trails ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Local anglers were seeing limited success this past week, according to Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. Reports indicated there was not a lot of walleye action this week, Whisler said, with the best bite coming on crawlers in the early morning hours. Northern pike and bass action was fair, with sucker minnows bringing in some decent-sized northerns, while a variety of baits were drawing in bass. Perch and crappie action was poor, but anglers were reporting some very nice bluegill catches, Whisler said. A reminder that Michigan’s Liberty Hunt ...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced that the fall 2022 sharp-tailed grouse hunting season will remain closed due to spring survey results and concerns over the long-term viability of the sharp-tailed grouse population. Permits and applications will ...
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 ...
