The fish was stocked in Lake Michigan until the 1990s. A typical Atlantic salmon in Michigan weighs 8-10 pounds. The fish is a favorite of both fly fishers and spinning tackle anglers.

Michigan's 2025 Eat Safe Fish Guide provides consumption advice based on chemical levels in fish from the state's waters. The guide offers regional and statewide recommendations, including safe ...

Overall, there are now 782 fish advisories caused by PFOS across multiple different species and water bodies in Michigan. The advisories are in the new 2025 Eat Safe Fish guidebook , which is ...

For those in Michigan who fish to put dinner on the table, there are fish consumption limits to heed. Michigan's 2025 Eat Safe Fish Guide includes safe serving sizes and local information on ...

State health officials have issued a host of new warnings in their Eat Safe Fish Guides, manuals that help Michigan residents eat fish that contain fewer pollutants.. After reviewing the latest ...

Where the DNR stocked 591,000 fish across Michigan Published: Jan. 13, 2025, 12:26 p.m. Salmon congregate in the Platte River below the lower DNR weir on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

U PPER MICHIGAN. (WLUC) - The Michigan DNR said it may be more likely for people to discover dead fish or other aquatic animals after ice and snow cover melt on Michigan lakes this spring, but ...

Also stocked were 2.4 million walleye spring fingerlings at 61 inland lakes and rivers and Lake Michigan. Locally, about 120,000 fish (walleye, splake, brown trout, rainbow trout) were stocked in ...

Michigan is home to 155 different kinds of fish. In addition to licenses, the DNR also released its 2025-26 regulation book outlining catch limits and other information.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources staff were conducting their annual sturgeon survey when they reeled in a 125-pound and 6-foot-plus lake sturgeon on Lake St. Clair.

Bob Delaney, a former state regulator with Michigan EGLE, holds a perch caught at Clark’s Marsh near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda on Oct. 26, 2022.

Michigan fishing license requirements. You must have a fishing license if you are 17 or older. You can fish if you are under the age of 17, but you must observe all fishing rules and regulations.