As a kid, we never went on vacations to Florida or anywhere very far away. Aside from a week each summer at our family cottage on Lake Michigan, yearly deer and trout season expeditions to the Manton area were our get-aways. Those were the days.
The wind is blowing from the right direction this morning. I sit with my back against a white oak tree and watch as first light begins to show on the horizon. It is a cold, damp and a cloud-covered November morning.
Late fall and early winter are prime time for hungry walleye, pike and bass and the whitefish should be spawning, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.
Water levels on the rivers were high and muddy after the recent rains, but catch rates should improve as the waters recede, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.
Salmon are still being found in some locations around Michigan, but it is getting harder to find fresh fish, the state Department of Natural Resources said.