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Outdoors

Catches on the Bay

Photo courtesy of Bayshore Resort Mitchell Depuydt has a succesful fishing trip.

Fishing Report

Fishing report from Blades’s Bait and Tackle “It’s Monday on the bay, and the angling pressure has subsided— for now. Ice is over 10 inches and closing in on 11 inches. Today, Joe Krugler of Hard Water Addiction Guide Service joined me in the WILCraft to do some pressure crack ...

Winter Trails Day coming to the Rapid River Ski Trail

RAPID RIVER —The Hiawatha National Forest and partners invite the public to Winter Trails Day on Saturday, January 25 at the Rapid River Ski Trail. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., participants will be able to use snowshoe and cross-country ski equipment free of charge and explore the ...

The dog days of summer settle for a stay in the Upper Peninsula

MARQUETTE — Summertime and the living is easy, fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high,” – George Gershwin Out under the powdery blue morning skies, the sun was already beating down like someone had left the woodstove door wide open. I was surprised at how intently I could feel the ...

Outdoors North: Time with brother in the outdoors was the best medicine

By John Pepin Michigan DNR MARQUETTE — “I got shot off my horse. So what? I’m up again playing in one of these big saloons on main,” – Mark Knopfler I found a warm place to sit down where the sun covered the weathered face of a massive and granitic streamside boulder. From ...

Column: Silence — it depends on the circumstances

MARQUETTE — “Whispered in the sounds of silence,” – Paul Simon And with the door open, there was no sound. Silence can be as unnerving and unexpected as it can be planned for, luxurious, freeing and restorative. It depends on the circumstances. A pregnant pause in an important ...