Black Lake sturgeon season begins on Black Lake near Cheboygan at 8 a.m. the first Saturday of February and ends at 2 p.m. the following Wednesday. However, the season closes early if the sixth fish ...

MENOMINEE, MI – The sound of mechanical parts moving interrupted the noise of rushing water inside the Menominee Dam. Moments later, hundreds of gallons of river water poured out of a fish elevator ...

Five hundred young sturgeon reared from a facility opened by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University were released last week at four locations in the Saginaw River ...

The Match-e-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) on Friday held its annual sturgeon release into the Kalamazoo River. Some 160 hatchery-raised lake sturgeon were released at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Changes to sturgeon fishing regulations may be coming to Michigan. Michigan’s Natural Resource Commission met last week to discuss several issues including a pair involving the prized prehistoric fish ...

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 ...

Lake sturgeon were released into the Saginaw River system on Sept. 20. Community members and conservation partners participated in the event, which aimed to reintroduce more than 100 native sturgeon ...

Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and nearshore waters of Milwaukee when European immigrants settled the area. However, the fish were extirpated over much of their range ...

Grab your snowshoes (or borrow some!) and take in the wild, snow-laden sights of the Sturgeon River Preserve. Get ready to head just north of Gaylord for this Northern Michigan snowshoeing adventure.

Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and nearshore waters of Milwaukee when European immigrants settled the area. However, the fish were extirpated over much of their range ...