Category Archives: Hunting & Fishing

Michigan History: Up North with the Hemingways

After entirely too long, we welcome back Michigan History Magazine!
Spending time "up north" in Michigan is one of summer's special delights. The rituals are repeated year after year--making friends (and saying goodbye), enjoying beautiful water and longing all winter for the next summer.
A century ago, the Clarence and Grace Hemingway family summered in northern Michigan. [...]

Warm weather makes Michigan a little giddy

Pier jumpers in October by Five eyes
Michigan has experienced a record run of heat, with many places such as Mt. Pleasant (which topped a 100+ year old record for the hottest October day) shattering their record temps over the last few days. The Detroit News says that yesterday was the latest 90 degree day in [...]

Michigan Fall Color Tour: The Pictured Rocks

Miners Castle - October 2006
Let's jump over to the eastern side of the UP for the next color tour of Munising - Newberry - Grand Marais ... and the Pictured Rocks.
The highlight of this tour is of course the stunning Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore., (be sure to check out Lars Jensen's other Pictured Rocks galleries). [...]

Sulfide mining slouches onward

If you're wondering what all the fuss is about metallic sulfide mining in Michigan, the best place to get your feet wet is to watch this video from Dick Huey, a spokesman for the group Save the Wild UP:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1650665350951640538

Acid Mine Drainage by Save the Wild UP
If a mine with the potential to generate battery acid [...]

Share your Great Lakes story or photo

The July winners of the Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives story & photo contest have been announced. The deadline for the August contest is August 20th, so there's still time to enter (click that link above for details!). They have been kind enough to allow us to reprint the 1st place story in the General category, [...]

The Sleeper Lake Fire in the Upper Peninsula

MN DNR fire bombers by mryooperdewey
Ann Arbor based Edward Vielmetti has maps and links for the massive Sleeper Lake Fire that has burned about 20,000 acres in Luce County north of Newberry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gina Harmon of Superior Sights has some great photos and coverage of this devastating fire from a local perspective. [...]

Photo Friday: Cloud over Lake Superior by Mickey Finn

Mickey Finn (Mike) says he enjoys trout fishing, fly tying, and the places where trout live.
If you enjoy those things, you'll probably enjoy his photos!
(he also wondered what kind of cloud this is - if you know, post a comment!)

Remembering legendary Michigan outdoorsman Fred Trost

The LSJ reports that Fred Trost, longtime host of the popular hunting and fishing show Michigan Outdoors and also the Practical Sportsman, died yesterday.
"He was a big deal," said Tony Hansen, editor of Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine. "He was the first outdoor media star. Kind of a larger-than-life personality"
For the last several years, Trost provided the [...]

The AuSable River Canoe Marathon

Ready to start the Au Sable Canoe Marathon by JeffOYB
The 60th annual AuSable River Canoe Marathon will be held next weekend (July 28 - 29, 2007). The race is billed as the longest non-stop canoe race in North America.
Wikipedia's Au Sable River Canoe Marathon entry says:
The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon is an annual 120 [...]

Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Vacation Time?
There's an interesting speech by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) wondering if now is a good time for members of the Senate to take a summer recess, pointing out (quite rightly) that schools, local government and others are waiting for hard numbers for the upcoming budget year. To see it, go to the Michigan [...]