Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake whitefish, a staple of the Great Lakes for centuries, are on the verge of collapse, according to a new report, with stock ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sitting by a dock near the northern tip of Door County, Wisconsin, Charlie Henriksen looked out at the surrounding waters, where Green Bay meets Lake ...

STURGEON BAY – Dawn arrived with an orange glow over the Door Peninsula on Jan. 27, highlighting a cottony cloud deck above and a gray expanse of ice to the west. Fishing guide Brody Alexander was ...

It’s ice fishing season, and for Door County anglers that means catching lake whitefish. But warming winters are impacting the iconic species. Zach Burgess has been fishing both sides of the Door ...

Lake whitefish were stocked in Flathead Lake in 1903 in an effort to start a commercial fishery in the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi. By the 1930s, whitefish were the most ...

Wisconsin DNR will host a March 30, 2026 public meeting on Lake Superior whitefish angling in Chequamegon Bay, sharing data and gathering angler feedback.

Changes in ecosystems mean bad news for lake whitefish and those who love it. The species' population is rapidly declining in some areas of the Great Lakes. Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was ...

Gray Gordon, owner of G3 Outfitters, on his boat on Flathead Lake. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) G3 Outfitters on Flathead Lake boasts a new boat for the 2025 fishing season. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter ...

In the wake of continued declines in the population and catches of lake whitefish in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources has recommended a 39% reduction in the ...