A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

THINGS A LITTLE TRICKY FOR ANGLERS. ICE BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PERFECT WINTER RACING CONDITIONS, BUT CONDITIONS ARE LESS THAN PERFECT BELOW THE SURFACE, AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ...

When Corwyn Janicek set up along the Red River in Winnipeg to do some fishing last weekend, he hoped to get a few nibbles, ...

On the banks of British Columbia’s Fraser River, this expedition seeks out the elusive white sturgeon—an ancient fish species ...

We’re nothing around here if not fixated on full moons. This one, particularly. The natives liked to name their moons, as we’ve discussed umpteen times around this water cooler. But they seemed stuck ...

Oct. 8—You never know what you're going to catch in the Red River. Nathan Mytych of Grand Forks found that out firsthand Saturday, Oct. 2, when he landed a 38-inch lake sturgeon on the Red River in ...

One of the coolest experiences I've ever had on the James River came in the fall of 2009, when Lower James Riverkeeper Chuck Frederickson and I joined VCU fish biologist Matt Balazik in search of a ...

Michigan anglers may soon have more opportunities to battle and catch the Great Lakes region's largest fish, a fish that traces back to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The Michigan Department of ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to immediately release any lake sturgeon that are accidentally caught. According to the DNR, anglers on the ice looking for walleye or ...

Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...