As whitefish disappear from the lower Great Lakes, scientists are hatching emergency rescue plans. One idea: Taking fish out of the lakes and raising them indefinitely in ponds for safekeeping.

Lake whitefish were stocked in Flathead Lake in 1903 in an effort to start a commercial fishery in the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi. By the 1930s, whitefish were the most ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians conducted its annual walleye and whitefish stocking efforts this summer in the ...

Invasive mussels that blanket the depths of lakes Huron and Michigan have pushed whitefish to the brink of extinction. What ...

Riverdale, North Dakota angler Lonnie Liebel has been fishing the Missouri River area below massive 307,000-acre Sakakawea Lake for 50 years. The 71-year-old veteran angler was fishing for walleyes in ...

Here’s an experience many trout anglers can relate with: You’re fishing a nice stretch of river with a finesse presentation—a nymph, a salmon egg, or a small Panther Martin spinner—when boom! Fish on!

It’s ice fishing season, and for Door County anglers that means catching lake whitefish. But warming winters are impacting the iconic species. Zach Burgess has been fishing both sides of the Door ...