More than a century has passed since the St. Louis River teemed with lake sturgeon, the largest of all Great Lakes fish and as ancient as dinosaurs. Aided by polluted and dam-blocked spawning grounds ...

Lake sturgeon are the largest fish in Michigan, and it’s not even close. There is a tie for the second-largest fish ever caught in Michigan. A common carp caught in Wolf Lake in 1974 and a lake trout ...

A lake sturgeon swims inside a tank at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. The aquarium is seeking state and federal funds to build a program that would rear thousands of fish for the St.

With the winter ice fishing season in full swing, there is one fish to keep an eye on: lake sturgeon. The Michigan DNR reminded fishers on Thursday, Feb. 20 to make sure they follow regulations on ...

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 ...

With the winter ice fishing season in full swing, there is one fish to keep an eye on: lake sturgeon. The Michigan DNR reminded fishers on Thursday, Feb. 20 to make sure they follow regulations on ...

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 ...

Lake sturgeon populations have diminished over ... In Wisconsin they are found in Lakes Michigan and Superior as well as the Wisconsin, Chippewa and Flambeau, Wolf and Fox rivers, among others.

There's a place in Wisconsin where you can see three shipwrecks from shore. How did this happen? Here's the history.

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago began with successful catches and improved ice conditions compared to the previous year. Spearers brought in a total of 290 sturgeon over the ...