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Michigan's Black Lake sturgeon fishing season lasts 65 minutes
(Detroit Free Press) Michigan's shortest fishing season lasted 65 minutes Saturday.
The 2023 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County began at 8 a.m. and ended at 9:05 a.m.
The harvest limit for the season was six lake sturgeon. Officials close the season either when the sixth fish is harvested or five fish have been harvested at the end of any fishing day.
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Last year, the season ended after 36 minutes. The largest fish caught in 2022 was a 62-inch male that weighed 67 pounds. ...............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/04/black-lake-sturgeon-fishing-season-michigan/69873149007/