LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recognized the 2023 Pure Michigan Hunt winners — Richard Austin and Nathan Whitmore from southwest Michigan and Robert E. Beaudry of Kingsford— during Thursday’s meeting of the Natural Resources Commission at Lansing Community ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s statewide trout opener is Saturday, April 29, which leaves at least some time for high waters to recede. Fishing has slowed locally due to the conditions, said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. The forecast calls for highs only in the 40s and 50s for the next week. In southern Marinette County, both the Peshtigo and Menominee rivers were up in flow and height, but anglers last weekend were taking many pre-spawn walleyes on a variety of artificial baits. “A few brown trout have been reported caught from Peshtigo Point north into ...
As predicted, avian migration kicked into high gear this past week, with the birds taking full advantage of the much-warmer-than-normal weather — highs reaching into the 80s in the Iron Mountain area Thursday and Friday — and, more significantly, a strong southern wind. The difference ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The spring turkey season opens Saturday, April 22, in the Upper Peninsula, running through May 31. Wisconsin hunters will get a head start with a youth hunt this weekend, followed by six, seven-day hunting periods that open Wednesday and conclude May 30. Hunters and ...
The pace of spring migration has already picked up and likely will kick into overdrive with the jump in temperatures in the region next week. The first few red-winged blackbirds and common grackles have become the usual noisy horde, dominating the bird feeder and loudly announcing their ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Snow and ice will soon be in the rear-view mirror, maybe of an ORV. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has updated its state forest road maps, which are available at https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/things-to-do/ORV-Riding/state-forest-roads. Forest road maps are ...
