Lake Trout

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 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.

When most people hear the word “reef,” they imagine bright coral in some tropical place. But reefs are found everywhere, including the Great Lakes – and in many places, they’re being degraded.

Researchers have made a breakthrough in studying Lake Trout, the top native predator in the Great Lakes.

A popular northern Michigan fishery was charged with illegally selling and transporting Lake Trout.Co-owner John Cross of Cross Fisheries in Charlevoix…