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First mate Austin Rubin, a NMC student, holds a 24-pound salmon hooked by charter fisherman Adam Collett as the sun rises over the Manitou Passage. Courtesy photo

Slammin’ salmon near the Manitous

Salmon aficionados anticipating summer surges of kings in the Manitou Passage have for years been let down. They’re smiling now. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

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Groups support disabled hunting

I had a preliminary conversation this spring with Kingsley parents who wanted to take their son who has a developmental disability out turkey hunting. A question arose: How could we get him a license? 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Conservancy docents and guests took on the Cedar River in an evening paddle that coordinated with the summer solstice. Courtesy photo

Conservancy docents ‘really great people’

There’s freedom in walking. There’s art in walking. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Families with young children lined the banks of Kids Fishing Pond in Veronica Valley Park. Courtesy photo

Kids Fishing Day a hit

Bluegills were prolific, and so were young people hooking them Sunday at the biggest-ever Kids Fishing Day. Prompted by good fishing weather — cooler with clouds — families flocked to Veronica Valley County Park and were rewarded with plenty of fishing action to go with amphibian displays, kids painting tables, flyfi shing lessons and free hot dogs. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Jim Munoz, who has been charting clients out of Fishtown for 52 years, is flanked by his son, Jimmy, and grandson, Jack. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell

3 generations plying Lake Michigan

Jim Munoz smiles with a grandpa’s love and chases trout with a young man’s zeal. “I’m blessed. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM

A salmon that neared 20 pounds was caught earlier this month aboard the Mariah charter boat off the shores of North Manitou Island. Courtesy photo

Trophy lakers a trend

Charter fishing out of Leland has been very good for lake trout with more salmon already showing up in catches than in recent years. “We’ve got good lake trout fishing,” said Jack Duffy, a veteran charter captain who runs out of Fishtown. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM

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Kids Fishing Day at Veronica Valley Sunday

Kids Fishing Day wouldn’t be complete without something new, and he is professional bass fisherman Tony DeFlippio. DeFlippio is a past Michigan Bass Angler of the Year and a consistent top finisher with the Fishing League Worldwide, the world’s largest fishing tournament organization. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM

People line around the Mill Pond to try their hand at catching rainbow trout stocked by the Northport Sportman’s Club.

Northport Kid’s Fishing Day

Enterprise photos by Meakalia Previch-Liu The annual Scott Brow Kid’s Fishing day at the Mill Pond in Northport brought together once again dozens of eager families and friends on Saturday despite the early rain showers. 05/01/2024 05:08 PM

Ticks abound after mild winter

Ticks abound after mild winter

Ticks are always a concern close to the mind of wildlife biologists and medical providers, especially as the pest continuously expands north to the Leelanau Peninsula. “Black leg ticks are active anytime over 35 degrees... 03/27/2024 04:47 PM

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‘Open winter’ frustrates fishermen

I wonder what Leelanauts were saying about the weather in 1905? That’s the year of the “open winter,” as described by folks on Drummond Island, anyway. Betsey Price of Lake Leelanau was born and raised on the island, and heard about the weather phenomena that must have seemed totally out of place in an era still clinging to the Little Ice Age. 03/27/2024 04:47 PM

Shotgunners Cole Riley, Dorie Yoder and Kelby Ankerson, from left, enjoyed the initial day of shooting this year at the club. It was the first time Yoder had picked up a shotgun, yet she knocked down two of her first four clay pigeons. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell

St Pat’s Shoot-Out kicks off club activities

One St. Patrick’s day celebration in Leelanau County was sobering and a blast. 03/27/2024 04:47 PM

Ryan Noonan took this 15-pound lake trout from West Grand Traverse Bay, by jigging from a 17-foot boat in about 150 feet of water. With ice remaining unsafe though most of Michigan, anglers are finding other ways to fill their freezers. Courtesy photo

No snow woes; ice fishing non-exsistent

Winter has provided more cross country skiing than ice fishing opportunities, which doesn’t say much. “During the 10 days of winter, we groomed about every other day, and it was great,” said Kerry Kelly, chairman of the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes organization that maintains the Heritage Trail through volunteers. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM

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