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If you like grilled salmon or even if you don’t like grilled salmon you might appreciate this recipe. But this recipe isn’t about the salmon – it’s all about the sauce. Tonight I prepared a tangy, sweet, and spicy sauce that goes great with grilled salmon or even ribs or chicken. Be careful to not over cook the sauce, as it will thicken as it cools. If the sauce sits for too long and becomes too thick then just add a little bit of water to thin it out. This delicious sauce called ‘honey pepper sauce’ is very similar to the one served at the Applebee’s restaurant. This meal is very easy to prepare and the fish and the sauce should be on the table within just a few minutes. Also, if you don’t have a grill, or prefer not to use one baking the salmon in the oven will work just as good.

Ingredients:
Honey Pepper Sauce-
¾ cup honey
1/3 cup soy sauce
¼ cup dark brown sugar
¼ cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Salmon-
4 (8 oz) salmon fillets
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
Vegetable oil

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: To make the sauce combine all of the sauce ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stirring occasionally bring the sauce to a boil. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Watch the sauce to make sure it doesn’t bubble over while boiling. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
Step 2: Rub each salmon fillet with vegetable oil and season lightly with salt and pepper.

Step 3: Grill salmon for 4-7 minutes on each side or until fully cooked.
Step 4: Serve Salmon with a cup of honey pepper sauce for dipping or pour sauce over salmon fillets.

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Just a short note:Well another great day here. With the warmer weather the Steelhead fishing is starting to kick into gear. The water is quite high which is making fishing difficult- but some steelhead are being caught . The Huron river is very high. The warmer weather is suppose to last into the week end with a chance of showers tonight. This looks like it could be a set up for a very good fishing weekend.

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It was a beautiful day here in upper Michigan. 62 degrees with a strong wind that took the snow down like crazy. The warmer weather bringing some fisherman out to try their luck at some early steelhead fishing. Nothing happening yet. Due to the runoff from the last two snow storms the rivers are running a little high. With the warmer temperatures and the increased current feeding the bay, we may see some steelhead being caught by the end of the week. The ice on the bay is pretty well broken up. A strong south wind would probably push the ice out into lake Superior and open the bay up. I have not heard anything on the smelt run yet- but it is a little early. With the kind of winter most of us have had in the North Country- it just seems good to be dealing with open water.

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Well it looks like we are finally getting close to the steelhead run here in upper Michigan. After two late snowstorms and temps way below normal we are finally warming up. Water levels may get a little high do to the run off. But in my mind better to start high -then too low. Steelhead fishing here usually peaks around the end of April. Thier is still a lot of ice on the bay keeping the water temperatures down. So I am looking for a late run. The salmon fishing is at a stand still do to the ice still in the bay. The inland lakes pretty much the same. As the week develops and warmer teperatures come in to the area I hope to have a steelhead fishing report for you. Be sure to subscribe to my feed.

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Here in Northern Michigan when you are hunting for Morel mushroom, one of the first mushrooms to appear is the False Moral. I wouldn’t really call it a look alike but this is what they call it. Here it is called a beefsteak mushroom. I have also head it called a brain mushroom. I guess that is what it really resembles. It is found though out the country. But is most common in the North, and in the Mountains. It is very popular here in upper Michigan. The color is brownish becoming darker with age going to almost black. This is a fairly good size mushroom. The cap averaging two to four inches wide with a short stalk ¾ to 2 inches long. The cap sometimes will take on a saddle shape but mostly they look like a brain. The flesh is very brittle and the cap is chambered.For Habitat they are found in conifers and deciduous woods singly or in groups.This mushroom is classified as deadly.It has been found that this mushroom creates a chemical similar to what is used to make rocket fuel. It has been fatal in a number of cases. The toxins can be removed by the process of boiling. The problem is sometimes they are not completely removed. The poison appears to be cumulative. You could eat a meal of these and not have a problem. But the next meal could make you very, very sick. If you’re not sure don’t eat. In my opinion this is a good mushroom to stay away from.

Tags: Moral mushroom, wild mushrooms, mushroom hunting, false moral

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With the price of bait today it can really pay to catch your own minnows. Especially if you have a place you can store them. Catching minnows is not real hard. Be sure to check the laws for your state before you start. You can make your own trap or purchase one from a sporting goods store. Most of them are made from wire mesh. The most popular ones are round and have a funnel at each end. When the minnows go in for the bait, because of the funnels they cant find their way out. Dried bread works real well for bait in these traps. Find a creek you can legally trap in and walk the shore till you see some minnows. Try to pick out kind of a deep hole to lay the trap in. Let it go for a couple of hours or overnight before you check it. With any kind of luck you will be rewarded with a nice catch of minnows.If you plan on catching shiners you have to use a glass trap. Wire mesh traps are to rough. It will injure the shiners, they are more delicate.You can also purchase a square net. They are held to form with wire rods that form kind of an upside down umbrella. Also sometimes called an umbrella net. To use this you attach it to a long pole. Submerge the net into the water a couple feet below the surface. Sprinkle some wet oatmeal on top of the water over the net. It will sink and as it does the minnows will come in to feed on it. Then pull the net up. I have done this though the ice in the winter. It works great. Last but not least. If you don’t want to wait on a trap or stand over a net. Buy a seine. This is fast and effective. Make sure the one you buy is weighted on the bottom. Grab a buddy and go. Run the seine though shallow weed beds or deep holes in the creeks. Some times in the middle of the summer minnows even get hard to catch. Like most other fish -in the evening and at night they will come into shallow water. So if you’re not having any luck in the day. Try it in the evening or after dark.

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It is good finally to see some warmer weather here in Upper Michigan. A major snow storm last Monday dumped about a foot of snow on us. But I guess that’s what it takes -we are in the fifty’s here today. One nice thing about lake superior and its bays, when it warms up they start to break up quickly. Fishing activity has slowed way down do to the warmer temps making the ice areas a little shaky. Its time to start keeping an eye out for the steelhead to start coming up the rivers. We are expecting some high water do to the run off from the snow storm. But I guess too high is better than too low. I will keep you posted as the month progresses.Tags: fiahing, fishing report, fresh water fishing, lake superior

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With spring and summer coming I cannot emphasize enough. Know what you are picking. I just thought I would touch on the death cap a bit. This mushroom intrigues me because of its place in history. As I have said in past articles this is a good genus to stay away from. There are some edible mushrooms in this group. But why take the chance. The caps are generally greenish in color, with a white stipe and gills. This is one of the most poisonous of all the mushrooms. It appears mostly in the summer and fall. The spore print is white.Murder, or by accident, Roman Emperor Claudius and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, death by Death Cap. This is a brief discription of this mushroom- consult your mushroom guide for further identification. Tags:wild mushrooms, mushroom hunting, poisonous mushrooms

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I stood on the shore looking out over the Baraga county marina. The water was calm and the air was starting to cool down as it approached the evening hours. It had been an extremely hot day in the middle of July. Earlier that day while sitting at home trying to stay cool I started thinking. Theirs a good amount of perch in that bay and they come into the marina around spawning time. They hang in their for about 2 weeks, and their gone. Where do they go? Deeper water, or maybe into the weed beds? It was hot and I thought why not just take a first hand look. So their I stood with mask and snorkel in hand ready to enter the water.Fish locators and sonar’s are great but they don’t even come close to seeing it for yourself!If you have ever had a chance to swim lake superior in the summer time you know that even in the middle of July the water is still quite cold. What a way to cool off.

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Well it’s the end of March. You can see from the picture above the chance of an early steelhead run up the rivers here is vanishing quickly. Due to an over extended winter. However the ice is hanging in their on the lakes and is providing some good late ice fishing opportunities. Fishing here on the bay for lake trout and salmon is very heavy and producing some nice fish. There is also some nice fish being caught on the inland lakes. See the picture below 5 nice brook trout caught here on a local lake yesterday (03/30/08). If you haven’t read it yet, read my article on brook trout fishing in non designated lakes. As the weather improves I will keep you posted on our local steelhead and smelt activity. If you are from Michigan remember new Fishing Licenses are required the 1^st of April.

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