Up North Journal Podcast
This is a weekly talk show about hunting and fishing, take an adventure through the woods and waters of Michigan through the eyes of the Up North Journal team.
Episodes
Join us in the Cabin tonight as Danny gives his take on the weekend at the Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in Escanaba Michigan. We talk about the vendors, the patrons, the venue and overall excitement of the show. We also talk a little about Mike's trip to the U.P. along with the upcoming firearm deer season.
Join us tonight in the Cabin as we get the final low down on the largest Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in Michigan's Upper Peninsula! Find out what vendors are going to be there and what the show has to offer outdoorsmen and women.
Talking with the five people from the Daily Press that is putting on the show
- Vendors attending
- Returning vendors
- What they have to offer patrons
- Food vendors
- Things for kids
- Places to stay in the ar...
Talking with UNJ Member Mark Coleman tonight about the work put in this year for the upcoming deer season in Indiana. He gives us the good, the bad and the ugly on what he expects for the upcoming season at the farm.
Summer prep this year at the farm
Food plots
Licking branches, ropes, scrapes
The rut and small fawns
Predators
New blind locations
Trailcam Tuesday
Hunting season expectations
Hunting with his brothers
Join us tonight as we get the tables turned on us here at Up North Journal. Daily Press' Rachel Barnstrom interviews the Up North Journal crew to see what makes them tick. We also get to know why a Jersey girl came to Michigan's upper peninsula via London England.
Join us in the Cabin tonight as we talk with NW Michigan Fishing Club's Tim Hossack about what their club is all about and what they do. He also gives us insight into the gill net consent decree in Michigan and it's potential impacts on our fisheries.
What is the NW Michigan Fish Camp?
- Membership
- Fishing tournaments
- Projects
- Kids
- Veteran fishing trips
- Cookouts
Gill netting consent decree
- Insight into the treaty and ...
Join us tonight as we talk with John Bauman a MI DNR Fisheries Biologist about how he helps the Michigan fisheries to thrive in a delicate habitat. He also gives us his background that took him into the position he is in now with the Michigan DNR.
John's background and early life
How he became a fisheries biologist
What does he do as a biologist
How does the data he gathers play into the future of the Upper Peninsula's fisheries
W...
Join the guys tonight as they talk with Gregg Gerke of GT Rod and Reel about his tungsten jig heads and muskie lures. Gregg gives them the lowdown on using his tackle and how to use it.
Gregg's background in fishing
How the company started
How the beginning of the internet played into a successful business model
How he began making lures and jig heads
What does he offer now to anglers
Using ice fishing gear in the summer
Looking in...
Tonight we are discussing some of the unique things game managers do in South Africa to maintain and promote healthy game and non game species for the future.
What hunters expect going to Africa
What they find when they get there
How does hunting success begin before the hunter arrives in South Africa
- How game managers see the animals they manage
- Where does it all start
- Key points to management
- Maintaining the herds
- Starting a...
Tonight we take you out on the Big Water! We get to find out how you know when weather conditions are good to hit the open water in a kayak along with a trip on Saginaw Bay to do some walleye fishing.
Week of kayaking on big water in northwest Michigan
- Apps for safety on the water
- Windfinder App
- Go Paddling App
- Paddling Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes
- Paddling Duck Lake
- Paddling Lake Dubonett
- Paddling Glen Lake, Little an...
Join us in the Cabin tonight because it's time to get your fish on! We talk soft water lures with Patrick Huddleston from Hudd's Fishing Lures about what to use on the water along with how he got involved in making fishing lures that you can purchase.
How Pat got his start in making fishing lures
- His childhood fishing experience with his dad
- How his career in the military gave him the opportunity to fish in different places an...
Join the guys in the Cabin this week as they catch up with UNJ Fishing's Adam Winn. We hear about his turkey season and how his spring fishing has been going.
Adam's spring turkey season
- Winter scouting
- Spring scouting
- Figuring out where the birds were at
- Rainy first week
- Calling in a lone bird
Spring fishing season chasing bass
- Using the kayak
- Using some plastics from Southern Indiana Bait Company
- Showing off a $35...
Join the guys in the Cabin tonight as they talk with Danny/s fiance' Denise about going to Africa for the first time. While there she gets the itch to learn to shoot a rifle and then go after her first animal! She puts in 5 days of hunting to chase down an Impala.
Going through the procedure to obtain a passport
Putting boots on the ground in Africa for the first time
Watching Danny hunt and learning the ropes
Getting the itch to t...
Join the guys in the Cabin as they check in with the owners of Blade's Bait and Tackle in Michigan's upper peninsula. This will be their first year of being open all year long. We will find out what they have to offer for the great outdoors for the summer season.
How did Blade and Lacy get their start in the outdoors
What led them to starting one of the upper peninsula's largest bait and tackle stores
What types of gear do they hav...
Join the guys in the Cabin tonight as Danny gives us an inside look at his first time to Africa to hunt animals of a lifetime. Danny takes us through the list of game he was able to take along with what he thought about the overall experience.
Getting the gear together for the trip
The air flight to Africa
Getting to the outfitter's camp
A look at the lodging facilities
They lay of the land for hunting and getting prepped for the ...
Join the guys tonight as they talk with Dave Wilkins and his daughter Morgan about Danny fulfilling his bucket list dream hunt! Yes Danny is going to Africa after years of dreaming about it. Listen in to see what Danny had to go through to get ready for his trip and how he is feeling just a week away from flying out!
How this hunt all came about
Danny's dream hunt
What he had to do to get ready
What is he going to hunt
What is Dann...
Spring food plots are getting ready to be planted soon. We check in with Lincoln Rohn of PackerMaxx to talk about what's new with his company along with what you can do to help your local deer herd this season.
Up North Journal Anniversary and a special dedication for this show for a close friend of Lincoln Rohn's
What is new for Best Outdoors and PackerMaxx
- Five 2 Outdoors and how it plays into Best Outdoors
- How this special ...
Tonight we are getting Jiggy with it with Katelyn Beaver of Beavers Lures about the fishing jigs she makes. We are also Talking with Morgan Eagleowski of Visit Escanaba and her involvement in the U.P. Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo.
How does a 20 year old female start her own fishing lure company
What is Beavers Lures
How is Morgan involved with Visit Escanaba
How did she get her start as an Event Coordinator for the area
What does t...
Tonight we are talking with The Airborne Angler of Michigan. We are discussing how he uses his aircraft to help fellow outdoorsmen, especially during the Michigan ice fishing season!
Who is the Airborne Angler
How does he use his aircraft to help save lives on Saginaw Bay during Michigan's ice fishing season
How are his photos used
How did he get his start
Who was the first Airborne Angler
What other uses are there for his photos f...
Tonight we are bringing in our first guest from Canada! We are talking with Ontario's own Happy Camper Kevin Callan! We will get the inside info on what drives him to take long distance canoe trips all over Canada!
We met Kevin next to a bunch of rabbits in East Lansing
A story from Kevin's car ride with a rabbit judge!
How bends are there in a river
How he got started in canoeing
Portage in English or Portage' in French, what is t...
Spring planting isn't far off, so we need to check in with Robie Pruitt of Antler King about what we can do to kick off our food plot success this year!
Soil Test for proper ph
Frost seeding
Over seeding
Partnership with Up North Journal
Seed products to plant
Minerals and how to use
Attractants and how to use
Show season and a few questions about some things that show season leaves with us.
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