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Spring trout fishing trip provides unusual catch
Just because you don’t catch the fish species you’re targeting doesn’t mean your fishing trip has failed.

Michigan’s state fish hatcheries offer up-close experience for all ages
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has reared fish at its state fish hatcheries for more than a century. Located throughout Michigan, the DNR’s six state fish hatcheries rear and stock fish for a variety

Annual emerald shiner shortage rears its ugly head
Lake Erie anglers settling for goldens right now.

DNR asking for help in containing virus outbreak in St. Clair River, Lake Erie area
Cold water temperatures are allowing VHSv to continue to affect fish from the St. Clair River to Lake Erie.

State record for bigmouth buffalo broken by same angler — nearly 9 years later
The new record fish was caught recently by Roy Beasley of Madison Heights, Mich., in the River Raisin. Beasley held the previous state record for bigmouth buffalo, that one caught on the Detroit River in

Muskellunge season just a short cast away in New York
Biologists predict good fishing on Chautauqua Lake. But season for New York’s Lake Erie, Upper Niagara River, Lower Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River won’t open until June 17.

Open water fishing tips: Catch more walleyes with spinner rigs in shallow water
Troll spinner rigs farther away from the boat to hook more walleyes when fishing in clear, shallow water.
New North Dakota buffalo record; largest fish ever weighed in state that wasn’t a paddlefish or pallid sturgeon
For the second time in less than three weeks, a North Dakota bow fisherman has set a new state record.

Tactics for the giant northern pike of Lake Superior
Find shallow bays with loads of vegetation on Gitche Gumee, and you’ll locate some of the largest northern pike in the Lower 48.