A process that could establish a commercial fishery for lake trout on the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan took another step forward Jan. 22 when the Natural Resources Board approved a preliminary ...

HOVLAND, MINN. – They slipped the boat into Lake Superior just before first light. The lake lapped in quiet rhythm on the shore. The sky was clear and the air finally had a bit of a chill. It looked ...

A Fond du Lac Band member holds up a lake trout netted on Lake Superior in August. It was the band's first tribal netting in the big lake in more than 160 years. DULUTH — Members of the Fond du Lac ...

Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that state biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state, officials have announced. This fall, the Department of ...

BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Commercial fishing operations near the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior are reporting record numbers of whitefish and a strong recovery of lake trout since a decline in the early ...

A recovering native fish could be part of a commercial fishery in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan if a new administrative rule is approved. The lake trout will be the subject of a commercial ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians says it will appeal an agreement struck between four other tribes, federal regulators and state of Michigan to govern Great Lakes ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Lake Superior bluefin herring is finally back on the menu at the Bluefin Grille. "We hadn't had it all summer until last week," said Ed Douglass, executive chef for the fine-dining ...