BIG RAPIDS – The salmon run appears to be under way, but it’s looking like it will be a slow start.

The Department of Natural Resources’ weekly fishing report for Aug. 20 shows some of the current conditions in the region and best methods. Manistee and Benzie counties have a variety of shorelines, ...

People from elsewhere – Columbus, as one example – arrive in numbers at the Michigan town of Ludington to sample fish from elsewhere. Not native but prospering are Lake Michigan’s salmon, comprising ...

With rain on the horizon, we are looking for that salmon bite using the simplest of techniques - and that's flat line trolling using the American Smelt, deep dive lure. As always until next time, good ...

Today was silver salmon day, and everyone around the lodge was excited. Guide Luke Valentino and I were assigned to take a family of five up the Kamishak to see if the silvers, also known as coho, ...

A body was pulled from Lake Michigan near DuSable Harbor early Saturday morning, Chicago police said. Chicago Fire Department divers pulled the unidentified male from the lake near the 200 block of ...

LAKE MICHIGAN — Whether you are planning on swimming or boating, conditions will be hazardous along the Lake Michigan shoreline again today. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT is in effect through this evening ...

Chicago police said a man died Thursday afternoon after he fell off a jet ski in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier. The 52-year-old man, whose identity wasn’t immediately revealed, was riding on the ...

WEST MICHIGAN — Showers and thunderstorms have cleared out of West Michigan, leaving the waters of Lake Michigan very churned up. As a result, a BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT and SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY will ...

After a brief cool down, temperatures have returned to 70s and 80s as anglers are seeking salmon in Manistee Lake and ...

TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — An 82-year-old man had to be extracted from a vehicle and was taken to the hospital along with three others after a crash on Lake Michigan Drive in Tallmadge ...

Michigan's beaches could see 8-foot waves and life-threatening currents on Monday, Aug. 25, and officials have issued small craft and swim risk advisories for beach-goers. "High wave action along the ...