The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' fisheries team requested the change, which is intended to reduce the number of whitefish harvested during November, when the fish visit rocky Lake ...

The Lake Michigan yellow perch population has shown signs of natural reproduction in recent years but the number of fish and ...

A jumbo perch caught through the ice on Devils Lake in North Dakota. (Photo/Courtesy Visit Devils Lake) ...

AND COME FORWARD. WITH LAKE MICHIGAN UNUSUALLY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT COULD MEAN BIG CHANGES FOR OUR WINTER WEATHER. WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA EXPLAINS THE IMPACT FOR ...

The commission approved FO 205.25, which closes the Upper Peninsula’s Montreal River to lake sturgeon fishing and harvest. (File photo by Greg Seubert) The Michigan Natural Resources Commission at a ...

A native Great Lakes whitefish ... Michigan, Huron and Ontario. "Despite more recent sampling using appropriate gear at suitable locations and depths, (the Shortnose Cisco) was last recorded in ...

Lake effect snow has already pummeled some parts of Michigan this winter, and more is forecast to fall. The heavy snowfall in some places — the UP and the northwestern Lower Peninsula — has ...

Lake Michigan’s water levels have dropped below long-term averages for the first time in 10 years. Experts said factors like this fall’s warmer temperatures and low precipitation have affected ...

Neumann was reported missing on Nov. 19. His vehicle was found in Lake Michigan along the shoreline in shallow water near the village of Cleveland. Neumann was reported missing on Nov. 19.

DEC, in partnership with SUNY Cobleskill and the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station, constructed the artificial reefs to create new, clean spawning habitat for lake whitefish, a native cold ...

The current Lake Michigan surface water temperature is 6.3 degrees warmer than normal. For a body of water as large as Lake Michigan, this is an extreme amount of warm water as we head into winter.

Credit: USDA A recent study suggests that efforts to reduce nutrient runoff in Lake Erie aimed at curbing harmful algal blooms and alleviating low-oxygen dead zones, might inadvertently affect fishery ...