CHEBOYGAN — For those who use Black Lake for recreation and the businesses located near the lake, the first weekend in February is eagerly anticipated. That is when the lake sturgeon season opens on ...

Sturgeon is better known for being the fish responsible for caviar, but this sleepy Michigan town is a safe haven for the ...

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 ...

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 COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. All anglers must register online in advance to ...

In a groundbreaking collaboration, the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, the Seneca Nation of Indians, ...

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 ...

Discover some of the freshwater species that together make the St. Lawrence a thriving river of life despite its cold ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — So often anglers tell tales of the fish they've caught and the stories are much bigger than the fishes themselves. That wasn't the case for 22-year-old Hayley Herzig, who caught ...

A major milestone in Lake Erie’s ecosystem recovery just splashed down in Western New York, and it involves a fish that can ...