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

The survey nets captured good numbers of northern pike and smallmouth bass and light numbers of largemouths on Wolf Lake.

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

My dear friend and river guide, Drew Oliver, went fishing on Jan. 12. Which isn’t very remarkable. What’s remarkable is he ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it stocked nearly 650,000 fish at dozens of locations throughout Michigan during the fall. According to the DNR, the 648,557 fish were stocked at 76 ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced the details of the state’s extremely limited lake sturgeon season for 2026. The season will open at 8 a.m. on ...

The season is allotted for Feb. 7 until the afternoon of Feb. 11, but will likely end sooner. Once a quota of six fish is reached or five fish are harvested at the end of one of the fishing days, the ...

Michigan's Black Lake sturgeon fishing season begins Feb. 7. The season is allotted for Feb. 7 until the afternoon of Feb. 11, but will likely end sooner. Once a quota of six fish is reached or five ...

Anglers looking to bring home a lake sturgeon from Cheboygan County’s Black Lake should plan to hit the ice on Saturday, Feb. 7, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced on Monday. The ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced the date of the brief lake sturgeon fishing season in Northern Michigan. This is the only chance for anglers ...

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 ...