This year's DNR Lake Michigan stocking goals are 1.3 million chinook salmon, up from 1.2 million in 2020-22, as well as 500,000 coho salmon, 460,000 steelhead, 450,000 brown trout and 50,000 brook ...

Much of the best fishing now is in 80 to 130 feet of water in Lake Michigan off of Muskegon and Whitehall. Some 17- and 18-pounders have been caught in recent days.

Overall: Lake trout and salmon were caught on Lake Michigan when boats could get out. Stream trout fishing has been on hold as bug hatches are delayed by cold weather.

The salmon population on Lake Michigan is down 75% from its 2012 peak, ... The DNR has worked closely with state commercial and sport fishing groups on what to do in Lake Michigan.

Salmon-A-Rama, a Lake Michigan fishing tournament based in Racine and run by Salmon Unlimited, will celebrate its 50th year when it holds its event this month. Other tourneys, ...

The salmon population on Lake Michigan is down 75 percent from its 2012 peak, ... The DNR has worked closely with state commercial and sport fishing groups on what to do in Lake Michigan.

King salmon has been one of the most popular catches for sport fishermen on Lake Michigan since it was introduced in the 1960s, but over the last few years, the population has dropped dramatically ...

Fifty years ago, there were no salmon swimming in the cold, deep, watery environs of Lake Michigan. The first salmon were released in the lake in 1966 in an effort to control another non-native ...

Lake Michigan trout and salmon fishing has been outstanding this summer. I spoke with a few people this past week, and they are all doing very well on the big pond. Many limit catches have been ...

Lake Michigan creel surveys confirm what charter boat captains and sport anglers reported last summer: Trout and salmon fishing on the big pond was the best in nearly 20 years. “The 2002 trout and ...

Farm pantry shelves filled with canned tins of tuna fish and pink salmon are a familiar fixture and key ingredient to sustain our family menus during the meatless Fridays of Lent. But after some us… ...

Salmon are not native to Lake Michigan. The fish were caught in the Pacific and released into Lake Michigan back in the ’60s and early ’70s as a way to keep the alewife population under control.