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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 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 ...

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

The Japanese koi fish were likely former pets that had been released by irresponsible owners. Bowfishers catch world record koi during invasive species removal project at Michigan lake: 'We had to ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Michigan allows catch-and-release fishing on some waters and harvest opportunities on a select few. And Black Lake has a winter spearing season with a quota of six fish. In 2025, the quota was ...