Fishing Videos
DNR says common carp fish kill caused by KHV
The Michigan DNR has completed its investigation of the common carp mortality on Lake Orion in northeast Oakland County that occurred in mid-to late July. With the assistance of the Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory at Michigan State University, it has been…
Genetic mapping boosts hopes for restoring prized lake trout
It's being lauded as "a vital missing link in our efforts to restore lake trout.''
Muskie reportedly bites swimmer in Lake St. Clair
What was meant to be a typical Friday morning training session for a Windsor, Ontario, swimmer, turned into a fight with one of the larger freshwater fish found in the Great Lakes region. Matt Gervais, who has competed in triathlons…
In Michigan, state-record Chinook salmon tops 47 pounds
It also topped 47 inches (47.5) and bested the previous state-record Chinook salmon – 46.06 pounds, 43.5 inches – a mark that had stood since 1978.
Two Michigan men fined $8.5K for poaching hundreds of walleye, panfish, perch
Stanley Garbacz Jr., 68, of Caseville, and Bruce Warren, 53, of Pigeon, were arraigned in Huron County District Court recently for illegal possession of panfish, perch and walleye. Garbacz turned himself in to authorities the week of May 10 and…
Detroit River lake sturgeon measures nearly 7 feet and weighs 240 pounds
And the fish, which was caught by a USFWS crew and could be more than 100 years old, is still out there as it was released back into the river.
Sturgeon for Tomorrow seeking volunteers to protect sturgeon along Black River
The Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow is working in partnership with the Michigan DNR and tribes to protect the fish from being illegally harvested during the six-week spawning season.
Black Lake sturgeon season wraps up – in two hours
Four sturgeon harvested were male and three were female, ranging from 50 to 63 inches long and 25 to 61 pounds in weight.
Construction set to start, but it's only the beginning for controversial FishPass project
Controversy over the project remains, with some objecting to the look of the design and the alteration of Union Street Dam Park, and others concerned about the future of the Boardman River's wild brook trout fishery.
Michigan has two new state-record fish
Quillback carp sucker and bigmouth buffalo are two fish for the Michigan record books.
