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The cold of early February did not stop hundreds of people from gathering on the frozen Black Lake in Cheboygan County to catch sturgeon during what some people call the “shortest fishing season” of the year in Michigan.
The DNR permits the harvest of six sturgeon from Black Lake, where an estimated population of 1,100 to 1,200 adults makes the lake one of the last strongholds of the fish.
ONAWAY, Mich. (AP) — Hope springs eternal on Black Lake in February.
ONAWAY, Mich. (AP) — Hope springs eternal on Black Lake in February.
The Black Lake Sturgeon season was over in just 36 minutes on Saturday, with six fish being harvested from the lake that morning.