For so long it was believed that smallmouth bass didn’t travel that far or intermix their populations – especially in a large waterbody like Lake Michigan. But early studies, originating in the mid-1950s by Dr. […]
Big and Little Bays de Noc lie at the upper end of Lake Michigan’s Green Bay, and together make up about 100,000 acres of prime sportfishing water. Though many types of gamefish swim these waters, […]
Green Bay dominates Lake Michigan’s western shoreline. Ranging from 10 to 20 miles in width and 120 miles in length, it covers some 1,600 square miles and offers a variety of habitats that attract and […]
First reported by mlive.com. As the Great Lakes swimming season starts, the data is in. Each Great Lake has unique shorelines and dangers, but Lake Michigan stands alone as the deadliest Great Lake. The biggest […]
An Indiana charter boat captain has quite a fish story to tell. Tyler Kreighbaum said he thought he was hooked on the bottom of Lake Michigan, or had snagged some debris last Saturday when he […]
Captain Gareth Stamm has been boating and fishing since he was a boy and knows it’s in his blood. After two years of working on Lake Michigan as a captain for TowBoatUS Chicago, a 24-hour […]
Lake Michigan, or the “Big Pond” as many Wisconsinites know it, is the No. 1 most frequently visited water in Wisconsin and it’s easy to see why. Whether by boat or on shore, a fishing […]
Though every kayak angler I meet is different with unique stories and talents, I have found a common trait; if they had not yet caught a salmon from Lake Michigan in their kayak, they have […]
I was fishing with my friend Mike Gottheardt on Sturgeon Bay of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin recently. It was on this trip that I re-remembered why netting the fish that’s on the end of your […]
There are two Wolf Lakes in Illinois. This one is near Chicago just off of Lake Michigan on the Illinois/Indiana state line. The other one is downstate. Wolf Lake is a 419-acre lake in the […]
Chicagoans speak of “The Hawk” with a kind of reverence and dread in the same breath. The hawk is the wind that blows off Lake Michigan during the winter months. It brings a chill to […]
Bassmaster Elite Series tournament officials postponed competition in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship today after building winds created unsafe boating conditions. “In the interest of safety, today’s fishing has been canceled,” said […]
The 2014 Bassmaster Elite Series season makes its final stop next week in Escanaba, Mich., on the shores of Lake Michigan and Big and Little Bays de Noc. Here the 2014 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of […]
Bassmaster Magazine’s third annual ranking of America’s best bass fisheries has been announced, and there is a new champion. Lake Michigan’s Sturgeon Bay beat out the hottest fisheries in the U.S. to take the No. […]
Courtesy of Bassmaster.com: Bass don’t read the books that anglers do. That’s not to say the information you glean from Bassmaster or B.A.S.S. Times, or even my Bass Strategies book, are fiction. There is a […]
In reviewing the detailed GLMRIS Report announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on January 6, 2014 to deal with the spread of aquatic nuisance specie into Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes Boating Federation(GLBF) […]
The state’s strategy for stocking chinook salmon in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan waters in 2014 and beyond is set and seeks to maintain existing great fishing opportunities in spring and summer all along the coast while […]
A Lake Michigan angler caught more than he bargained for earlier this month when he reeled in an 8-pound, exotic Amazonian catfish commonly known as a redtail catfish. The redtail catfish was caught at Portage […]
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