Sall-Mar Resort

08/25/2026

Just realized I forgot to post some pics. Brothers Rick and Steve Palasek did pretty decent on perch last week. Couple real toads too. See ya again in a few weeks.🙂 Kevin Lee

08/21/2026

Just as I was thinking about what to have for supper, guest Paul Loberg showed up. Thank you buddy! Been a bit since I have had fresh fish. Fantastic!!! Kevin Lee

08/16/2026

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If there's water, I'm fishing.

08/11/2026

https://www.wxyz.com/news/dnr-releases-results-of-multi-year-remote-camera-survey-of-wolves-in-the-upper-peninsula?fbclid=IwY2xjawTokDFwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVpTcUdQSWk1eDJMTjI5cXNzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEecHfwXyYq6n56J7NOI6YzSsmOpzr1u4babn_x3Ijr5Mr42WU5MOlJikWy00o_aem_spgwJVxMr20m37-7LieYpQ

For the first time ever, researchers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University has estimated Michigan's wolf population in the Upper Peninsula using remote cameras.

08/01/2026

Almost a 10 pound average for 5 walleye. Not bad...😂

08/01/2026

‼️🚨We are liquidating our Old Town fishing Kayaks. Prices so low we can’t even list them here!! Paddle & Electric models still available. Please stop by the shop for prices!!

04/19/2026

COMMON LOONS BELATEDLY RETURN TO SENEY

Due to this spring’s late thaw, many Refuge loons, having migrated north from oceanic wintering grounds at the beginning of April, have spent the past two weeks idling on Lake Michigan while making daily flights to Seney in overhead search for safe landing zones; it was only this Monday that tongues of open water on several pools began swelling to loon-accommodating dimensions. Among those who dropped into these areas were the D Pool female, Vert, who was first color-marked as a successful mother on adjacent G in 2011, and Sekhen, who was hatched on T2 West in 2009, and who has spent most of his adult Refuge tenure as an unpaired “floater” without a breeding home. Because the recent territories of the world’s oldest documented Common Loons, ABJ and Fe, remained largely frozen this week, it is not particularly concerning that neither has yet to be spotted as a returnee; with ice now in rapid retreat, their H and I Pool domains should be navigable within a day or two.

Thanks to Jen Wycoff and Dani Fegan for their observations.

Damon McCormick
Common Coast Research & Conservation

PHOTO: On April 14, a newly returned male loon flaps his wings on a melted portion of E Pool. Photo by Dani Fegan.

04/11/2026

Some sure signs of spring yesterday evening (4-10-26) at the Rapid River boat launch. The Osprey are back🙂. First time seeing a flock of Wood Ducks. Aaaaaand I missed the focus...😡. And what I thought at first glance was a couple of stumps on the ice, was actually a couple immature bald eagles. Kevin Lee