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

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 ...

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Burbot is a freshwater cod that has adapted to cold waterways like Lake Superior. The eel-like species goes by many names: ...

More than two dozen public access sites across the Upper Peninsula are being plowed and kept open for ice anglers.

The idea of waiting for a fish to bite wasn’t appealing to me. I was much more interested in consuming the fish than in ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocked 648,557 fish across 76 locations statewide during its fall 2025 fish stocking effort, adding about 8.6 tons of fish to waters that the agency said ...

Michigan's Black Lake sturgeon fishing season begins Feb. 7 and is slotted for five days. However, it will likely end sooner, as last year's season ended in just 17 minutes.

CHEBOYGAN, MI – Michigan’s iconic – and famously quick – sturgeon season will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, on Black Lake in Cheboygan County. In 2025, the season was open for just 17 minutes. Seven ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — More than 600,000 fish were stocked in waters across Michigan last fall by the Department of Natural Resources. According to the DNR, 648,557 fish of seven different ...

Michigan’s freshwater coastlines hide a happy truth: some of the state’s most satisfying seafood is served from humble shacks with lake views and paper-lined baskets. You come for crisp whitefish and ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A nonprofit dedicated to water safety in the Great Lakes is reminding the community to stay away from shelf ice along Lake Michigan. "Shelf ice along the lakeshore can be very ...