The Lake Michigan Committee recently proposed a lake-wide reduction of 62 percent in the number of Chinook salmon stocked into Lake Michigan. The proposal followed extensive consultation with angler groups and other stakeholders, and more than three years of research … Continued
In June, Indiana’s youngest charter boat captain shattered the state lake trout record by “accidentally” catching a fish that was older than he is. Tyler Kreighbaum, 25, owner of Tightline Fishing Charters in Michigan City, caught the fish in Lake … Continued
State fisheries biologists hope to improve coho salmon fishing in Indiana by stocking larger cohos into the St. Joseph River this spring. Indiana DNR has stocked coho salmon fingerlings into Lake Michigan and its tributaries since the 1970s, previously done … Continued
This spring, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries personnel will be taking walleye eggs below the Croton Dam on the Muskegon River. DNR plans to collect approximately 67 million walleye eggs from the Muskegon River in 2016, resulting … Continued
In 2014, Indiana DNR’s Fish of the Year contest received 78 entries which resulted in 33 winners for 31 species. There were ties in two categories; bluegill and crappie. Annual winners are selected on the length of fish they catch … Continued