Weighing in at 39.2 pounds, it was the heaviest fish in the history of the Tournament Trail, a 15-stop fishing circuit on Lake Michigan that started in 2003. The Michigan chinook salmon record is ...

“Illinois’ 2021 stocking targets for Lake Michigan are the same as those in 2020. It is also status quo for lakewide stocking of salmon and trout in terms of predator (Chinook salmon) equivalents.

The DNR announced plans Monday, Sept. 12, to increase the number of chinook, or king salmon, stocked in Lake Michigan from 650,000 to 1 million — a 54 percent increase.

Martinez, fishing on Lake Michigan with Icebreaker Charters, landed a 47.86-pound, 47.5-inch Chinook salmon that broke the state record that had stood for 43 years, as reported by the Ludington ...

An angler fishing last Sunday on a charter boat based in Algoma, Wisconsin, reeled in a Lake Michigan rarity — a salmon that eclipsed the 40-pound mark. Brian Sollars of East Bethel, Minnesota ...

There are hopeful signs a salmon crash can be averted in Lake Michigan, Claramunt said. After 2013 and 2014 were "a bust," alewives appear to have rebounded this year.

King salmon has been one of the most popular catches for sport fishermen on Lake Michigan since it was introduced in the 1960s, but over the last few years, the population has dropped dramatically ...

He said the proposed 54% increase from 650,000 to 1 million spring Chinook fingerlings is modest compared to the estimated 4.5 million wild Chinook salmon in Lake Michigan, according to Wesley.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it is seeing good indicators that a modest stocking increase of Chinook salmon populations is needed in Lake Michigan.

This spring, the Department of Natural Resources stocked Lake Michigan with one million chinook salmon. It’s the high point of years of growth in the lake. In 2022, the DNR put in 800,000 salmon.

Lake Michigan trout and salmon fishing has been outstanding this summer. I spoke with a few people this past week, and they are all doing very well on the big pond. Many limit catches have been ...