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

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 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.” ...