The two Michigan lakes that earned a spot on the list include the following: Hamlin Lake is located in western Michigan, near ...

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

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Now is the time to catch steelhead in the St. Joseph River. Steelhead should be running strong in the river for the next couple of weeks, according to Lake Michigan fisheries biologist Ben Dickinson ...

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The alarm didn't stand a chance of going off. Through blurry eyes, I reached over and canceled it before the annoying buzzer could jolt me from bed. I'd been staring at the barely focused digital ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season starts — and most likely ends — Feb. 3. The 2024 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties begins at 8 a.m. Feb. 3, according ...

In this Thursday, May 15, 2025 photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Tim Pranke, a volunteer diver for the Wisconsin Historical Society, approaches the wreckage of the J.C. Ames tugboat ...

Michigan is known as a great state to go fishing year round. It contains more fresh water access than any other state and is home to a great diversity of species. As a result, spring fishing in ...

The quota has been set for the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season in Michigan. The state's shortest fishing season takes place the first Saturday in February; in 2025, it falls on Feb. 1 in northern ...