The biggest fish in each state tells a story about local ecosystems and angling history. Massive freshwater giants lie ...

Fishing in America occupies a unique space as both a relaxing pastime and a highly competitive sport, appealing to millions ...

My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted only 10 seconds before his line snapped, but it was all he could talk about ...

EAST CHICAGO – A group of passionate volunteers and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources hailed the return of the king salmon to Lake Michigan at the East Chicago Marina Monday in an effort to ...

The Department of Natural Resources’ weekly fishing report for Oct. 15 shows some of the most current conditions in the region and best methods. Here’s what anglers said about recent fishing ...

For more than three decades, Great Lakes fisherman Richard Boda has kept a handwritten logbook of his time on the water — a legacy to the son and daughter who would one day inherit the family business ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Jon Durtka holds a lake trout he harvested spearfishing in northern Lake Huron. Spearfishers are ...

Burbot fishing is booming in popularity in Michigan as more discover the tasty coldwater species. But researchers are worried the population is struggling amid invasive species threats and overfishing ...

Frankfort/Lake Michigan: Prior to the weekend, chinook salmon were reported out front in 90–120 feet of water. Then the winds pushed in warmer temperatures, pushing the chinook salmon and coho salmon ...

People from elsewhere – Columbus, as one example – arrive in numbers at the Michigan town of Ludington to sample fish from elsewhere. Not native but prospering are Lake Michigan’s salmon, comprising ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it has stockpiled Michigan waters with 18 million fish so far this year. Fish stocking, a process in which officials raise and release both cool and ...

ST. JOSEPH, MI — An Indiana family watched as charter captain Todd Brill expertly cut up the catfish they caught, while out on the water in St. Joseph. It was their son’s first time reeling in a fish.