The Strawberry Creek Chinook Salmon Facility near Sturgeon Bay is the primary, and in some years only, site for DNR chinook egg collection.

Empire sits right where the land meets Lake Michigan in the most beautiful way. This tiny town punches way above its weight in the scenery department. The Empire Bluff Trail gives you lake views that ...

There is a small island in Michigan that is a great place to get away from it all. You can enjoy hiking, fishing, and camping ...

The U.S. Coast Guard contends with staffing and equipment issues as it provides the types of rescues few other agencies can ...

Van’s Beach, right in town, offers a beautiful sandy shoreline perfect for swimming, sunbathing, or just contemplating the vastness of Lake Michigan. The beach maintains that small-town feel while ...

Anglers fishing off Manistee's south break wall and near the shoreline reported very good numbers. Frankfort anglers reported ...

There’s something magical about enjoying freshly fried fish while gazing out at Michigan’s sparkling lakes. As a self-proclaimed fish fry enthusiast who’s eaten my way through the Great Lakes State, I ...

A significant decline of whitefish in Lakes Michigan and Huron has some commercial fishers rethinking how to operate.

Video Quality Speed 00:00 02:07 Egg collection continues at Chinook salmon spawning run in Door County, October 13, 2025.

Millions of stocked fingerlings later, a competition among trout, white suckers and now tiger muskies roils below the surface ...

With rain on the horizon, we are looking for that salmon bite using the simplest of techniques - and that's flat line trolling using the American Smelt, deep dive lure. As always until next time, good ...

Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled Purdy's first name. Nimbus Fish Hatchery releases around 4 to 4.5 million young salmon and 430,000 yearling steelhead into California waterways ...