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 ...

The Michigan DNR is celebrating Sturgeon Week to highlight conservation efforts for the lake sturgeon, a protected species in Michigan. Lake sturgeon were once plentiful but overfishing, habitat ...

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 ...

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...