Few moments can jazz winter like seeing the chrome flash of a steelhead in a dark and frigid river. Fisherman and writer Bob Butz shares the how-to of steelhead fishing in Northern Michigan. Before I ...

MANISTEE COUNTY, MI – Maintaining Michigan’s world-class fishery is a big job. It involves fishing regulations, habitat management, addressing invasive species – and rearing and stocking fish. On ...

With the salmon runs done for the most part in Northern Michigan, steelhead fishing should be picking up, especially with any increase in water levels due to rain. Pier anglers and those surfcasting ...

The Michigan DNR will collect 4.5 million steelhead eggs at the Little Manistee Weir. The egg collection will take place between April 15-17 and 22-23. Most of the eggs will be distributed to Michigan ...

When Ohio began to trade channel catfish fry for wild Michigan steelhead trout eggs in the 1990s, the steelhead trout returns ...

When it comes to Michigan fishing in November, two things stand out. One, fewer anglers are out likely because of other outdoor recreation activities like hunting and the cooler temperatures. Two, the ...

MANISTIQUE – The state Department of Natural Resources said an additional 150,000 steelhead trout will be reared at Thompson State Fish Hatchery in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the coming year. The ...

NEWAYGO – They’re everywhere. Beads. There are more beads on Michigan steelhead streams these days than there are in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Hard-plastic beads — which imitate salmon or steelhead ...

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Steelhead trout, a member of the salmon family that live and grow in the Pacific Ocean, genetically adapted to the freshwater environment of Lake Michigan in less than 120 years. Steelhead were ...

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