Up North Journal Podcast

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

1. Winter scouting
2. Spring scouting
3. Figuring out where the birds were at
4. Rainy first week
5. Calling in a lone bird

Spring fishing season chasing bass

1. Using the kayak
2. Using some plastics from Southern Indiana Bait Company
3. Showing off a $35 swim bait
4. Getting wet retrieving a hung up $35 bait

Lake Michigan salmon fishing

Looking into some summer fishing

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 try hunting for herself

Learning how to shoot a rifle for the first time

Learning how to hunt and chasing impalas

Putting in five days of hunting

Finally making it come all together

The feelings going on when she sees the animal on the ground for the first time

Will she hunt again?

Overall experience

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 have

How did they decide to go to being open during the soft water season

What services will they offer this summer

What does the future hold for expansion

Looking forward to the U.P. Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in November

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 first day of hunting

First day hunt and two animals down

A hunt that didn't go as expected and a lesson learned

The redemption hunt

The end of a Kudu hunt

Talking about what gets done with the animals after they are taken

The food from the field

Takeaways from the hunt and lessons learned

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 Danny expecting

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

1. Five 2 Outdoors and how it plays into Best Outdoors
2. How this special acquisition came about
3. How the show season went for PackerMaxx

Talking about something to try for a food plot this season

1. Using screens
2. Making an island out of screens
3. Making a soft edge on a food plot

Perspective as an older outdoorsman and how we don't let things bother us anymore.

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 the U.P. Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo consist of this year

What types of lures does Beavers Lures offer

How to pick a lure

Colors and styles of lures

What other events and accommodations does Escanaba offer

How does working with local business' help the community and local business'

Working with fishing charter captains around Michigan

Beavers Lures coming to Meijer stores this year

Getting to know Katelyn and Morgan with our four questions.....

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 for Michigan's outdoorsmen

What is Camp Fish Tails

What is his biggest walleye taken to date

Our four questions for new visitors to the UNJ Cabin

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 the correct pronunciation

Geography differences of a canoe

Kevin's three sisters and how he managed to survive their antics

His relationship with his father

Skipping Boy Scouts and going fishing

Keynote speaker for the Boy Scouts

His band Santa's Syphilis

How the outdoors helped him

Recharging ones self in the outdoors

Goal driven in the outdoors of thriving in wilderness situations

Why is picking the correct campsite on the water so important?

The first car a green Montego

Is taking an ax with you like taking a banana on a boat?

Solo trips vs trips with a few good friends

Asked twice to be on the TV show Alone

How to make great camp coffee

What was the worst storm encountered on the water and how red ants saved his life

How did he get the name The Happy Camper and the Whiz Easy turns into a whistle

His trip to Scotland and what he found out when he met his family

Picking out a canoe and a paddle

Canoe and paddling museum

His involvement with conservation and getting others involved in the outdoors

Our four questions where we get to know more about Kevin

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.