The Michigan sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake ended after 17 minutes when the quota of six fish was reached.

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

It was a memorable day for the Black Lake sturgeon season, which finished in a record-breaking 17 minutes and featured close to 800 anglers.

The 2025 Sturgeon season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. on Saturday and ended at ...

That’s all it took. At 8:17 a.m. on Saturday morning, the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season ended as the final fish was pulled from the water, marking a record-breaking time for the season.

The annual lake sturgeon season is known to be the shortest of the Michigan’s fishing seasons. Today, it lasted just 17 ...

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.

Jay Woiderski, president of the Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization that works to conserve ...

The quota has been set for the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season in Michigan. The state's shortest fishing season takes place the first Saturday in February; in 2025, it falls on Feb. 1 in northern ...

It rings in a brief, five-day fishing season for lake sturgeon along the frozen waters between Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties. The festival features live music, a poker run and an ice-fishing ...

BLACK LAKE — Fishing enthusiasts will descend on Black Lake in Cheboygan County on Feb. 1 for the opportunity to spear and celebrate the giant of the Great Lakes. The Michigan lake sturgeon ...