Lake Michigan trout and salmon fishing has been outstanding this summer. I spoke with a few people this past week, and they are all doing very well on the big pond.

Despite the heat, which can slow down the bite for some, salmon numbers are strong as they make their seasonal run into various Michigan river systems.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently collected nearly 6.5 million wild coho salmon eggs in less than three weeks.

Anglers are enjoying very good action on Lake Michigan for chinook salmon and other species.

More specifically, Coho salmon. He was recently awarded a new grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust, “Inferring source-specific Production of adult Coho salmon to Lake Michigan”.

Lake Michigan features a world-class salmon and trout fishery. The fishery was rebuilt after it had been ravaged by invasive species in 1950s and 60s.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it is seeing good indicators that a modest stocking increase of Chinook salmon populations is needed in Lake Michigan.

An angler fishing last Sunday on a charter boat based in Algoma, Wisconsin, reeled in a Lake Michigan rarity — a salmon that eclipsed the 40-pound mark. Brian Sollars of East Bethel, Minnesota ...

Brian Sollars of East Bethel, Minnesota, holds the 40.4-pound chinook salmon he caught July 31 while fishing in Lake Michigan on a charter boat.

King salmon are not native to Lake Michigan. They were first stocked in the lake in the 1960s to help control the numbers of another invasive, alewives.

Big Chinook salmon are showing up along with some coho, steelhead and lake trout. Fishing has been good lately, with action coming in 55 to 200 feet of water and fish hitting 30 to 70 feet down in the ...

Once hatched, reared and stocked all of these Chinook salmon contribute to the Lake Michigan salmon fishery.” The DNR also collects eggs from fish that aren't wild.