From a kid with a Chinook salmon that looks as big as him to smallmouth bass up and down the Chicago lakefront, spring is a time to savor fishing on southern Lake Michigan.

What actuates fishermen is a shot at latching onto a force of nature that grows large while retaining the furious defiance of ...

It's a beautiful sunny day on the water. Because it's so sunny, we're going to run silver-coloured American Smelts crankbaits. Silver and sun are a great combo. The crankbait is going to run about 20 ...

The variety of salmon and trout on southern Lake Michigan and the bounty of bass, panfish and catfish on inland waters lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

What a day on the water! We headed out to Lake Michigan for a fishing trip and ended up catching some beautiful salmon—and the experience was unforgettable. From the early morning launch to the ...

Lake Michigan features a world-class salmon and trout fishery. The fishery was rebuilt after it had been ravaged by invasive species in 1950s and 60s.

A group fishes for salmon and trout on Lake Michigan out of Port Washington with charter captain Dan Fox. Fox is in his 52nd year as a full-time charter captain on the lake.

WINTHROP HARBOR, Ill. — What began as a way in the 1960s to reduce the alewives that inundated beaches and lakefronts on Lake Michigan, has now grown into a world class salmon fishery. That ...