Backwoods road is a favorite place to travel By John Pepin Michigan DNR ESCANABA — “Take me back down where cool water flow, ya’ll, let me remember the things I love,” – John Fogerty Turning off the big highway onto the white-graveled road, my heart lifts off the bottom of my ...
Michigan residents, are you ready to talk (or spot) turkey? The Michigan Department of Natural Resources needs your help to tally wild turkeys this summer. From July 1 through Aug. 31, the DNR will run its annual wild turkey brood survey – a community science effort for people statewide to report sightings of wild turkeys and turkey broods (hens with their young). By taking just a few minutes to report any turkeys you see, you’ll be contributing valuable data to track the health of the state’s turkey population. A conservation success story wild turkeys in a field of tall ...
By John Pepin Michigan DNR MARQUETTE — “The empty rooms where her memory is protected, where the angels’ voices whisper to the souls of previous times,” – Bob Dylan It was a summer day like today, many, many years ago, when the first sounds from that grand masterpiece came rolling across my brain. Those intricate lyrics, produced with great skill and precision, and the familiar old melodies crafted in kind, remain with me today. With the heat sweltering outside, I sit in the cool indoors dropping the needle on this old classic – I got a new pony. The sound of this music ...
Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported slow fishing. Some were able to locate schools of fish; however, success was limited, and the fish they did find were hard to catch. Walleye anglers reported tough fishing and had been targeting fish near Gladstone, the Minneapolis Shoals, and near drop-offs in the outer bay. Anglers reported good smallmouth fishing. Big Bay de Noc: Some anglers launched out of Nahma, targeting walleye with some success. Anglers targeted walleye with snap-style jigs, as well as deep crank baits. Fairport: Anglers targeted Chinook salmon using spoons, ...
MARQUETTE — “I’ve got my beach bag full of all the necessary items for a day in the sun,” – John D. Loudermilk If I close my eyes, I can still see, hear and feel them all there, whoever they were – the people lining the sandy shore, sitting on brightly colored blankets and towels, party coolers or aluminum-framed beach chairs. Except for my sister and my parents, I didn’t know any of these locals and out-of-towners, with their white toothy smiles and dark sunglasses, who were drawn here like we were to splash, float, stand or jump in the cool waters of this big inland ...
It’s July, which for the northwoods seems like summer already is halfway over. e’re far enough north that most breeding seasons get crammed into June, yet far enough south that the warmer conditions should last into September, allowing young animals time to mature. Conditions so far ...
