Another rare and prehistoric fish washed ashore on Fripp Island in Beaufort County this week. Here’s what we know.

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 ...

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 ...

Will the Black Lake lake sturgeon fishing season again set a time record in 2026? We'll find out Feb. 7 when the season begins — and most likely also end. The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on ...

Will the Black Lake lake sturgeon fishing season again set a time record in 2026? We'll find out Feb. 7 when the season begins — and most likely also end. The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on ...

(WXYZ) — The 2026 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season will officially open on Saturday, Feb. 7, the Michigan DNR announced on Monday. According to the DNR, the ...

Every year, Michigan hosts one of the shortest fishing seasons in the country with the Black Lake sturgeon harvest, and the details have just been released for 2026. The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County, Michigan, will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, with a harvest limit of six fish. According to a Jan. 5 ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living fossils. The white sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North America; ...

Lake sturgeon can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh 200-300 pounds – roughly the size of a female ostrich. Some have lived up to 150 years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says. “Lake sturgeon is ...