If you're planning to eat your Lake Huron catch, you need to know which species are the safest. Check out Michigan's Eat Safe Fish Guide.

In a special report, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin examines how federal cuts could impact invasive species monitoring on Lake ...

The fish are stocked or reproduce naturally (mostly in streams in Michigan) and provide world-class fishing opportunities. Although five species - chinook and coho salmon, and brown, lake and ...

That may sound harsh, but she’s not wrong. Michigan oriented its Great Lakes fisheries management around recreational fishing starting in the 1960s and 70s with onset of Pacific salmon stocking.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to release any accidentally-caught lake sturgeon Some ...

The commercial fishing industry in Lake Michigan changed significantly, especially since the 1950s, when invasive species and overharvesting disrupted local fish populations, Cullen said.

In all other waters in the state of Michigan, it is unlawful to fish for lake sturgeon. The 2025 Michigan Fishing Regulations provide detailed information related to lake sturgeon, the DNR said.

LAKE SUPERIOR, Mich. — Researchers on Lake Superior have "rediscovered" the shortnose cisco, a Great Lakes fish species thought to have been extinct for decades. Before the usual suspects ...

Scientists say Lake Michigan’s winter season is getting shorter, disrupting fish populations, nutrient cycles and even summer recreation. Skip to content NOWCAST WISN 12 News at 10 p.m.

Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...

Four hundred grayling were stocked at Alger County’s West Johns Lake, 300 at Penegor Lake in Houghton County and nearly 1,300 in Manistee County’s Pine Lake, Michigan Grayling reported.

For Immediate Release, May 14, 2018. Contact: Marc Fink, (218) 464-0539, [email protected] Endangered Species Protection Sought for Iconic Lake Sturgeon . Giant Fish of Great Lakes, ...