Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is stepping in to help save Indiana's annual brown trout restocking effort, agreeing to send the Hoosier state 40,000 of the fish this month.

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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) A shortage of brown trout in Illinois has spurred Indiana to turn to its northern neighbor to supply the popular game fish for an annual restocking effort.The Indiana ...

Brown trout were introduced in 1889, brook trout a year later. Rainbows were soon added. Brook trout, which, like the river’s native grayling population, are actually char.

Others include the Michigan Brown Trout Festival in Alpena, St. Helen Bluegill Festival and the Mancelona Bass Festival. Diana Needham, the president of Kalkaska’s Trout Festival, has been ...

This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers ...

Brown trout were introduced to the Great Lakes Northwoods in the late 1800s. Shortly after, the first populations were stocked in and around Lake Michigan – they spread throughout the region and ...

The Au Sable River in Northern Michigan has earned its place as the top fly-fishing destination in the United States, beating out some of the most famous rivers in the country. According to a recent ...

Anglers who trolled Lake Michigan’s coastline near Magoon and Gurney creeks also caught a couple brown trout. “Lake trout were found in 120-140 feet of water, straight out from town,” the ...

In 2022 the DNR stocked 433,154 brown trout yearlings and 42,547 brown trout fingerlings in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan. The fish were planted in 11 counties from Kenosha to Door.

Lake Michigan anglers for several decades have enjoyed very good fishing in winter and early spring for brown trout near the Oak Creek power plant.