Michigan's special sturgeon season on Black Lake set a new record this year, ending just 17 minutes after it began.

The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only ...

Most sturgeon are caught with hooks and lines, but fishers can use spears at Black Lake, which is about 15 miles south of Lake Huron, and the far larger Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. Image Ivan ...

The season opened at 8 a.m. on Saturday and was declared closed at 8:17 a.m. by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The Payne’s Point Bar & Grill registration station in Neenah processed the most sturgeon of the day for Lake Winnebago with ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the results from this year's sturgeon season on Black Lake in Northern ...

(WOOD) — This year’s sturgeon season lasted just 17 minutes ... Tim Cwalinski, with the Northern Lake Huron Management Unit, explained to News 8 that the limit is set each year by state ...

but that the DNR is still actively stocking sturgeon in these waterbodies, which all feed into Lake Huron. “The sturgeon stocking and tagging program is excellent and [it’s] paying off.” ...