Releasing the fish as quickly as possible, before their gills freeze, is essential to ensuring its survival, according to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will the Black Lake lake sturgeon fishing season again set a time record in 2026? We'll find out Feb. 7 when the season begins — ...

There were 679 registered fishermen for the Black Lake sturgeon season, but they had to quit fishing less than an hour after ...

Michigan's 2026 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties ended in 48 minutes. The fishing season — known as the state's shortest — began at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 and ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season lasted less than an hour Saturday, with only six of 679 registered anglers nabbing a catch. For Jay Woiderski, president of the Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for ...

The quota has been set for the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season in Michigan. The state's shortest fishing season takes place the first Saturday in February; in 2025, it falls on Feb. 1 in northern ...

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 ...

The state's limit of six fish was reached during that short time, and the biggest sturgeon weighed in at nearly 80 pounds.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Anglers will not have a chance to catch and keep lake sturgeon in Michigan this year. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources canceled the sturgeon fishing season on ...

The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County lasted only 48 minutes for 679 registered anglers — ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season starts — and most likely ends — Feb. 3. The 2024 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties begins at 8 a.m. Feb. 3, according ...

The traditionally shortest fishing season in the State of Michigan – the one for Black Lake sturgeon - will open Feb. 7. The sturgeon spearing fishing season will last for four days at Black Lake in ...