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Dragonfly Riot

It’s mostly over now, but for a couple of weeks dragonflies were everywhere around our place on Birch Lake, and probably around your lake, too. Maybe it was the happy coincidence of a dragonfly hatch with the emergence of late-May and early-June mosquitoes. All I know for sure is that the air was full of…

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Magic on Ice

Assuming our cold snap goes away and stays gone, something almost magical will soon happen to your lake’s ice. It’s called candling, and it reveals a property of ice that’s hidden from us most of the time. It’s fascinating, but it also leads to a significant hazard for those venturing out for late-season ice fishing…