IRON MOUNTAIN — Fishing action has picked up, including good reports on walleye, northern pike and bass. Walleyes were hitting on crawlers and sucker minnows, said Fay Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis. “There were some nice keepers caught over the past week,” she said ...

ESCANABA — A brand new event being held in the Ruth Butler Building at the U.P. State Fairgrounds this weekend promises to bring the best of ice fishing and hunting to Escanaba. The first-ever U.P. Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo, which is sponsored by the Daily Press in conjunction with ...

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Natural Resources Commission will meet Thursday in Marquette, starting at 9 a.m. Eastern time in NC Peninsula Room II at Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave. There will be updates on U.P. wildlife habitat, wolf management and spring turkey ...

LANSING — Michigan’s Nonmotorized Advisory Workgroup is seeking applications to serve a 4-year appointment. Members are expected to participate in four meetings each year. The purpose of the workgroup is to assist the Michigan Trails Advisory Council in performing the duties and ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will host the fourth of several educational hunting webinars on Wednesday, Oct. 19, for anyone new to hunting or looking to learn more about hunting. The webinar series is in partnership with the National Wild Turkey Federation, ...

News came out earlier this month of a rare creature in the Upper Peninsula — a white black bear. A hunting guide’s trail camera captured images of the young “spirit bear” at a bait pile in the western U.P. during the first week of September. He asked that MLive not print his name ...