Black Lake sturgeon season ended after just a few minutes, setting a record for the fast sturgeon season ever.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the results of a 17-minute Black Lake sturgeon season on Tuesday, days ...

The sturgeon spearing season opens on the Lake Winnebago system Feb. 8 as fishing clubs monitor ice, but the water clarity is ...

The 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season was scheduled to run Feb. 1-5, or until the harvest quota of six lake sturgeon had been reached. The season only lasted 17 minutes.

The season includes spearing and hook-and-line fishing. There's no size limit for the lake sturgeon caught. Last year, the season was canceled for the first time ever due to marginal ice ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes. The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. Saturday and ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — Seventeen minutes. That’s all it took. At 8:17 a.m. on Saturday morning, the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season ended as the final fish was pulled from the water, marking a ...

The 2025 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season concluded in record time, with all six allowed sturgeon caught in just 17 minutes. This year saw a record number of registered fishermen at 797.

CHEBOYGAN, MI – It was a very short fishing season on Black Lake today. The annual lake sturgeon season is known to be the shortest of the Michigan’s fishing seasons. Today, it lasted just 17 ...