Sturgeon for Tomorrow's annual shivaree coincides with the state's highly competitive lake sturgeon fishing season on Black ...

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 ...

The traditionally shortest fishing season in the State of Michigan – the one for Black Lake sturgeon - will open Feb. 7.

The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County starts Feb. 7. Anglers must register and adhere to safety guidelines.

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — Seventeen minutes. That’s all it took. At 8:17 a.m. on Saturday morning, the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season ended as the final fish was pulled from the water, marking a ...

CHEBOYGAN, MI – Michigan’s iconic – and famously quick – sturgeon season will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, on Black Lake in ...

After only 65 minutes of fishing, this year’s sturgeon season on Black Lake (in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties) ended at 9:05 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. There were 630 registered anglers, including a ...

The plan was both simple and relaxing: Drop anchor, spend a few hours on the river and soak some bait in hopes of enticing a lake sturgeon or two into biting. Kevin “The Dutchman” Hinrichs (right) of ...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- The lake sturgeon population is thriving and needs no protection, that's according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The federal agency announced, nearly four ...