The picture is from the Fred Bear Museum in Grayling and the front features an Alaskan Furbearing Trout. It's friggin Trout that is completely covered in fur.
A few friends in Lacrosse, WI got a bit of a surprise when they were fishing on New Year's Day. One of them reeled in a nice size northern pike and realized right away that there was something significant in the fish's belly, so they decided to do some exploratory surgery...
According to a study that had been conducted over a 14 year period from 1998 until 2012, researchers at the Michigan Tech Research Institute have discovered that lakes Michigan and Huron are now both clearer than Lake Superior.
There are fish hatcheries all across Michigan, including the Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery off M-43 between Kalamazoo and Bangor. So how exactly do those hatched fish get into the state's waterways? If you've never seen the process you might be very surprised.