Free public tours of the Black River hatchery, where young lake sturgeon are developed for Michigan waters, will take place at the facility northwest of Onaway from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on ...

Tours will run from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, at the hatchery in Cheboygan County, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced.

ONAWAY, Mi (WPBN/WGTU)-- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering tours of the Black River sturgeon hatchery in Onaway. The tours will run from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on August 20.

Michigan DNR unveils new Master Angler map. Jenna Prestininzi. ... The record for Lake Sturgeon happened at Mullett Lake in 1974 at 193 pounds and 88 inches, according to the map.

That effort is a partnership between many entities, including the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan State University, Michigan’s tribal nations, and volunteers with Sturgeon For ...

This 2015 photo shows Ed Baker, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries research biologist, releasing young lake sturgeon into the Whitefish River in Delta County, Michigan.

The Michigan DNR has stocked more than nine million fish so far in 2023. The fish include eight different species and one hybrid for a total of 9,335,410 individual fish or more than 269 tons.

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 ...

While 9 million fish may seem like a lot, Michigan DNR plans to do a few more stockings of brook trout, rainbow trout, coho salmon, walleye, lake sturgeon and muskellunge later this fall.

Michigan's sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake is short. This year, it starts Feb. 3, but the celebration begins with the Shivaree on Feb. 2.