Fall is trophy king salmon season for Great Lakes anglers and one of my favorite times to be on the water. As temperatures cool off, the spawning instinct kicks in, pushing big Chinook (king) salmon ...

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

Editor's Note: To help ring in the spring steelhead season, we opened up one of the most controversial conversations within the steelhead community: Wild vs. Great Lakes fish. And when we say "wild," ...

The river water was not nearly as cold as I thought it would be, and given the early October date, that felt weird. This warm, this late in the season? Was this warm water going to have an effect on ...

Many Michiganders enjoy sport fishing or eating tasty salmon, but how well do you know your Great Lakes fish? Kevin Pangle, Ph.D, Director of the CMU Biological Station and the Department of Biology ...

Most of us will embrace suffering at one point or another. Whether we’re pushing ourselves to finish a marathon, working through sleepless nights to earn a promotion, or finishing up that awesome ...

Great Lakes steelhead are adfluvial fish, meaning they migrate from big lakes into rivers to spawn. This annual migration starts in the fall and ends in the spring when they return to the lakes to ...

When the eyes of the nation and beyond turn to Milwaukee for the 2024 Republican National Convention the media stream will include accounts of the city's character, amenities and challenges. But I'll ...