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 ...

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...

PORTLAND — Sturgeon fishing will not open as usual on Jan. 1, 2026, for the Bonneville and The Dalles pools on the Columbia River. Fishery managers in Oregon and Washington decided during a hearing on ...

Sturgeon, and sturgeon fishing, is having a resurgence in southern Minnesota. That includes what should be a state catch-and-release record shovelnose sturgeon, caught on Oct. 24. Trish Johnson of ...

The 11th annual North Channel Sturgeon Classic on Sept. 27 saw 25 teams catching and safely releasing 64 total healthy sturgeon. The North Channel Sturgeon Classic is a catch-and-release sturgeon ...

The white sturgeon fishing season has closed in the John Day Pool on the Columbia River, from the John Day Dam upstream to ...