Spring is fat bass season in the Great Lakes region, as the big, egg-laden females get ready to spawn. It’s during this time of year that some of the heaviest smallmouth bass are typically landed, and ...

LANSING – Every spring for the last 15 years, Gene Gilliland and some friends have gone smallmouth bass fishing in Lake St. Clair in Southeast Michigan for a week. He and one friend travel from ...

Anglers across West Michigan preparing for the spring fishing season will need to purchase a new Michigan fishing license ...

Michigan's 2026-27 fishing season doesn't open until April 1, but anglers can get ready for the season by purchasing a ...

A lake on the Michigan-Canada border is being recognized for its immaculate fishing for the second time this year. Bassmaster Magazine unveiled its 2025 list of the 100 Best Bass Lakes in America on ...

If you’re a largemouth nut, you’re not waiting for the weather to turn balmy before hitting water. You’re looking for the best bass lures for early spring—emphasis on early. You’re out there right now ...

The first time you get out on the water in the spring is, literally, a breath of fresh air. Warm spring days mean it’s finally time to start fishing! The start of the fishing season typically kicks ...

Now's the time to get a fishing license in Michigan as the state's lakes and streams warm up along with the fishing action.

Michigan’s new fishing license and regulation season starts April 1 and licenses are available for purchase now. They’re valid through March 31, 2027. Licenses can be purchased at ...

A bass angler fishing the southern end of Lake Michigan landed a tank of a smallmouth bass Thursday that nearly broke the Illinois record. Kyle Danhausen’s smallie weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, just one ...