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 ...

Hello again folks, this week I got to do something that I've always wanted to do: go sturgeon fishing! We headed down to ...

Anglers are reminded to review the 2026 Michigan Fishing Regulations to learn new rules approved by the Michigan Natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Michigan DNR is reminding anglers that lake sturgeon are protected and can't be targeted while ice fishing, and must be ...

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 ...

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Burbot catch limits, spearfishing, and catch-and-immediate-release sturgeon fishing make up some of the major changes for ...

It’s said beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To some, a long-snouted, murky white, boneless bottom feeder native to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers – known as the pallid sturgeon – might not ...

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 ...