Fishing

Biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University are heading to the deepest point of Lake Superior to understand why so many of these trout appear emaciated.

The changes took effect on Oct. 10, expanding fishing opportunities across the Upper Peninsula.

A conservation group continues a decade-long program to clean the river — while also teaching troubled kids to value the pristine waters.

Every spring for the last 15 years, Gene Gilliland and some friends have gone smallmouth bass fishing in Lake St. Clair in Southeast Michigan for a week.

"If you're eating fish, especially whitefish, at a restaurant, chances are, a tribal fisherman from one of the 1836 tribes caught that fish," said Chairman Austin Lowes.

It’s a banner year for salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. But the fishing is so good, it’s been causing problems for the car ferry in Ludington.

A conservation organization claims the Maple River is among the first in the country to be returned to its free-flowing state.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is rolling out some new regulations for the 2024 fishing season.

Tribal fisheries biologists are leading the way on a project that will submerge cameras to get a better idea of how fish populations are interacting and changing.

The bill, introduced in the state legislature last week, could allow commercial harvest of once off-limit game fish like walleye, yellow perch and lake trout.