![]() ![]() ![]() Clair River, Otsego Lake, Black Lake and some Michigan-Wisconsin boundary waters. Catching and keeping sturgeon remains illegal year-round in all waters except Lake St. On July 16, catch-and-release fishing opens on most Michigan waters, including west Michigan rivers. In fact, a look at the Michigan Fishing Guide is all it takes to verify that even catch-and-release sturgeon fishing is off limits in all Michigan waters from now through July 15. Anglers fishing for steelhead, walleye, catfish or sucker occasionally hook into a sturgeon, but keeping a sturgeon is strictly prohibited during their spawning season. They tend to enter rivers as the steelhead run is winding down, and like steelhead, they swim upstream from Lake Michigan into tributaries including the Manistee, Muskegon, Grand and Kalamazoo rivers. Like many fish, lake sturgeon spawn in spring. In most other waters, sturgeon is absent or present in such low numbers that their future is uncertain. Only a few places in the state support sturgeon populations that are large enough to sustain a low level of harvest. The lake sturgeon is Michigan’s largest fish, and it is also one of the rarest. ![]()
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