salmon

In September of 1967, anglers poured out onto Lake Michigan in search of a new fish, salmon from the Pacific Ocean. Many abandoned common sense and some lost their lives.

It’s a banner year for salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. But the fishing is so good, it’s been causing problems for the car ferry in Ludington.

Lake trout are on life support in Lake Michigan. Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spends tens of millions of dollars raising and stocking them. But what if there was another way: genetic engineering. Could it be used for conservation?

Cases of bacterial kidney disease sometimes crop up in hatcheries, but the state says it's rare for infections to take hold to this scale.

The salmon run is a popular time for anglers in Michigan. Snagging isn't allowed, but some think it should be.

The salmon run is a popular time for anglers in Michigan. Snagging isn't allowed, but some think it should be.

The Pere Marquette River is a nationally recognized trout stream attracting anglers from all over the world. Ten years ago, fishermen started noticing…

State biologists want to stock Lake Michigan with more Chinook salmon. A new proposal from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources would increase…

50 years ago, officials put Pacific salmon into the Great Lakes to eat an invasive fish called the alewife, and a huge sport fishery was born. These...

Salmon had been planted in the Great Lakes many times before but unsuccessfully. The fish planted in 1966 came back to the Platte and Manistee Rivers the…