
Black Lake sturgeon season lasts less than 6 hours
This year’s allocation of sturgeon for Black Lake anglers was seven fish, although DNR officials set a harvest quota of six fish to reduce the risk of over-fishing.

This year’s allocation of sturgeon for Black Lake anglers was seven fish, although DNR officials set a harvest quota of six fish to reduce the risk of over-fishing.

Not marking fish despite working a prime location? Try using flashy spoons or rattle baits to entice more fish into your icy zone.

Know which jigging to employ when and you’ll reel in more walleyes and panfish this hard-water season.
Editor’s note: Ice conditions varied at last check from one region of the state to another. There was no safe ice in southern Michigan. Conditions improved as you move north, but many of the larger

Fishing guide Tony Roach shares with Outdoor News one of his best techniques for walleye fishing in cold, deep waters.

Build the proper presentation and fish will come, because they’re always biting somewhere.

Ice anglers, do you prefer to release the fish you catch? Here are a few of the proper tools to aid successful catch-and-release on the hard water.

Copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important whitefish, lake trout spawning area.

There are many different ways to catch fish when going out ice fishing. Outdoor News’ Jason Revermann shares his favorite technique ice fishing while using set lines rather than other ways when you’re jumping from
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