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Outdoors

Column: Places hold a peculiar kind of magic

“Who are these people? What is this place,” Tonio K. — — — The idea of place holds a good deal of intrigue for me. Pick a place on a map, anyplace, and it’s somewhere that something resides. Maybe it’s a place somebody was born or grew up or it might simply be a spot ...

ORV route reopened in Houghton County

HANCOCK — A state-managed off-road vehicle route between the Portage Lift Bridge and Dollar Bay in Houghton County has been re-opened after work was completed to create an interim bypass trail route. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the re-opening today after a county ...

Column: Old times have moved on down the road

“Hey, talk about her travelin’ she’s the fastest train on the line, it’s that Orange Blossom Special, rollin’ down the Seaboard Line,” – Ervin T. Rouse — — — MARQUETTE — The section of road I’m on today used to be a railroad grade. As I move south through these ...

Escanaba native, fly fishing guide lands musky

Courtesy photo James Pryal, an Escanaba native and a fly fishing guide for Into the Wild Fly Fishing Guide Service, lands a 46.1 inch musky on the fly. This huge female weighing 25-30 pounds inhaled a streamer in fifteen feet of water. After a quick picture, she was returned safely to the water.

Column: Like people, roads have character and soul

“Somewhere along a high road, the air began to turn cold, she said she missed her home. I headed on alone,” – Bob Seger — — — MARQUETTE — Like people, roads have character and they have souls. Walking along a certain dirt road I know on a summer day I can feel the road ...

Fishing Report

Little Bay De Noc: Fishing slowed with the abundance of food available, such as alewife and the hex hatches. Walleye catches were spotty at best, while the mouth of the Whitefish and Escanaba rivers were still being fished the most. The “Black Bottom,” Third Reef and Breezy Point all ...