There are "about 4-5 months of cold winter weather where the lakes freeze over enough to get some quality ice fishing in," ...

Data from Lake Michigan sport anglers and fisheries biologists showed a decline in chinook weights in 2025, raising concerns ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocks fish in Michigan waters every year, providing fishing opportunities and helping maintain healthy ecosystems. Where do the fish being stocked come ...

Spearfishing for walleyes and other game fish has slowly been gaining traction in the Great Lakes, and starting April 2026, the sport will enter a new phase there. In November, after years of input ...

When Ohio began to trade channel catfish fry for wild Michigan steelhead trout eggs in the 1990s, the steelhead trout returns blossomed and so did the popularity of cold weather wading the Northeast ...

A US Geological Survey research program that helped reduce sea lamprey populations by 90% will continue supporting commercial ...

Today we're out there at the mouth of Lake Ontario, doing something I normally wouldn't do until the spring: trolling for lake trout. This time I'm trolling right at the top of winter using the new ...

The Great Lakes PFAS Action Network (GLPAN) has announced the launch of a new interactive online mapping tool that allows Michiganders to easily search for bodies of water that have health and ...

Michigan DNR officials are asking the public to help shape the future of this newly acquired wilderness paradise.