No matter the season, organizations across the Great Lakes region are fighting to keep waterways garbage-free.
The post Trash on ice sparks movement to keep waterways clean first appeared on Great Lakes Echo. In December 2025, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved to reduce commercial fishing quotas for whitefish in Lake Michigan by 40% in response to a dramatic population decline. Those quotas went […]
The 2026 sturgeon season on Black Lake in Michigan lasted all of 48 minutes before the annual quota – six – was reached. There were 653 anglers competing for them.
The post Conservation, research and community collaboration aid in successful 2026 Black Lake sturgeon season first appeared on Great Lakes With frequent sub-freezing temperatures in Michigan this winter, it has been a great year for ice fishing. Stable ice conditions have allowed anglers the opportunity to get out on the […]
If you go ice fishing around Door County and have a shanty out on the bay of Green Bay or Lake Michigan, you’ve got a little more than two weeks […]
Rapidly warming temperatures have surprisingly compromised Lake Erie ice fishing from Toledo to Cleveland, and beyond, as rivers have opened up to help steadily shrink an unusually thick ice cover. […]
By Julia Belden
An Alanson-raised author whose book on Ernest Hemingway’s ties to Northern Michigan explains the region’s influence on the novelist’s work. The book “Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan,” has just been released in paperback.
The post Book explores Hemingway’s experiences ‘up north’ first appeared on Great Lakes Echo. The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Michigan’s Cheboygan County lasted only 48 minutes for 679 registered anglers — 31 minutes longer than last year. The harvest […]
The long-term cold spell that has settled over Michigan has quickly expanded the ice cover on the Great Lakes and other waterways, forcing vessels to adapt, creating fears of ice […]
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Researchers are partnering with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to gather information on awareness, values and preferences for recreational burbot fishing within the Lake Superior basin. Read the full […]
Arctic temperatures have anglers cutting holes in thick ice to go fishing, a welcome change after the warmer than usual winters in recent years. From ponds and lakes to the […]