Dozens of swimmers took to Lake Michigan on Thursday in Ogden Dunes as part of an unofficial New Year’s Day polar plunge.

LANSING, MI — Michigan game regulators have voted to greatly expand where divers can spear popular fish in the Great Lakes. On Thursday, Nov. 6, the state Natural Resources Commission unanimously ...

The Department of Natural Resources’ weekly fishing report for Oct. 15 shows some of the most current conditions in the region and best methods. Here’s what anglers said about recent fishing ...

For more than three decades, Great Lakes fisherman Richard Boda has kept a handwritten logbook of his time on the water — a legacy to the son and daughter who would one day inherit the family business ...

During the summer, Great Lakes king salmon are denizens of the deep, chowing down on pelagic alewives and other baitfish in cool water. But as the spawning urge kicks in during August and September, ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission opened a new salmon fishing season on the Coquille River and approved a new statewide kokanee bag limit during a Sept. 12 meeting in Ontario. The changes, which ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Jon Durtka holds a lake trout he harvested spearfishing in northern Lake Huron. Spearfishers are ...

Burbot fishing is booming in popularity in Michigan as more discover the tasty coldwater species. But researchers are worried the population is struggling amid invasive species threats and overfishing ...

Frankfort/Lake Michigan: Prior to the weekend, chinook salmon were reported out front in 90–120 feet of water. Then the winds pushed in warmer temperatures, pushing the chinook salmon and coho salmon ...

People from elsewhere – Columbus, as one example – arrive in numbers at the Michigan town of Ludington to sample fish from elsewhere. Not native but prospering are Lake Michigan’s salmon, comprising ...

As salmon restoration ramps up on the Columbia River above Chief Joseph Dam, it is important to establish balances between those fish already in reservoirs behind dams and salmon being introduced.