When thinking of the lake sturgeon, some liken the fish to a living fossil. It grows scales, can live over a hundred years, ...

Michigan's 2025 sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake starts Feb. 1. The quota for the season is six fish with no minimum ...

Sturgeon for Tomorrow's annual shivaree coincides with the state's highly competitive lake sturgeon fishing season on Black ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

The Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season will start Feb. 14 on Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes of Butte des Morts, ...

The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County, Michigan, will begin at 8 a.m. on Feb. 7. All ...

Every winter, a unique event unfolds on the frozen surface of Black Lake in northern Michigan. It's the state's lake sturgeon spearing season – an outing so brief that it often wraps up before most f ...

The traditionally shortest fishing season in the State of Michigan – the one for Black Lake sturgeon - will open Feb. 7. The sturgeon spearing fishing season will last for four days at Black Lake in ...

Because of the importance of Yellow Lake’s sturgeon, a management plan was initiated in 2019 to help preserve the population.

The Sturgeon Spectacular in Fond du Lac celebrates the start of the sturgeon spearing season with winter activities.

Federal wildlife officials have decided not to place lake sturgeon on the endangered species list, ensuring annual spearing seasons in Wisconsin and Michigan can continue. MADISON, Wis. — Lake ...