Lake sturgeon are a threatened species in Michigan, and fishing for them is illegal in most state waters. Anglers who accidentally catch a sturgeon must release it immediately and avoid handling ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes. The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black ...

Capable of growing up to 8 feet long and weighing 300 pounds, lake sturgeon once thrived in the Missouri River before being driven to the brink of extinction by overfishing and habitat loss in the ...

Built in 1953, the historic SS Badger returns to Sturgeon Bay April 30 under its own power for work before its season of ...

The DNR has been working to rehabilitate lake sturgeon in the Milwaukee River since the early 2000s, including stocking. Mature sturgeon are now being found each spring in the Milwaukee River but ...

The famed, historic Lake Michigan auto and passenger ferry that also is the last steamship operating on the Great Lakes will be in Sturgeon Bay for about two weeks starting April 30. The Lake ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Adult lake sturgeon spawn in April 2025 on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River, near the Melvin Price Locks and Dam by ...

He says he likes to keep an eye on the lake sturgeon spawning below. "I see a few of them. Last year, they were here on May 10th, with a ton of them. Not quite as many this year, but they're here.

In West Alton, just below the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, volunteers confirmed Monday, April 21, the first spawning activity of 2025 for lake sturgeon. This reintroduction fish tale is thanks to a ...