Smelt as good as trout Lansing sportsmen claim Crystal Lake smelt of superior quality John Baird, director of the Department of Conservation of the State of Michigan, is responsible for the statement ...

Most fish in Michigan are stocked in the spring ... Seven species were stocked this fall: Atlantic salmon, brook trout, brown trout, lake trout, rainbow trout (Eagle Lake and steelhead strains ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently collected nearly 6.5 million wild coho salmon eggs in less than three weeks. The coho salmon eggs were collected from Oct. 15 to Nov.