Sea Kayak beneath 200-Foot Cliffs
Ochre and duff-colored cliffs ranging from 50 to 200 feet high dominate 15 miles of Pictured Rocks shoreline. The strange geologic formations often resemble medieval castles, towering cathedrals, and ghostly battleships. You can sea kayak beneath a 50-foot waterfall, through magnificent stone arches, and into secluded caves. Rest up on remote white-sand beaches. The emerald waters are so clear that visibility sometimes reaches 40 feet. Kayak put-in points within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore include Sand Point, Miners Beach, Twelve-Mile Beach, and Hurricane River.

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Ice Fish the Superior
Grab a hand auger and an ice chisel and work your way through three to eight inches of ice on Munising Bay or Grand Sable Lake. Drop in a jig or live bait, wiggle it (just a little bit), and you too can pull out monster-size whitefish and lake trout. If this is too cutting edge for you (pardon the pun), there's always more traditional fishing during the spring and autumn. Drop a fly at the mouths of the Miners River, Hurricane River, and Mosquito River and you too can reel in rainbow trout and coho salmon (locals sometimes refer to the latter as"crazy cohos").

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