MANISTEE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The annual collection of steelhead eggs at the Little Manistee River weir in Stronach is tentatively scheduled to begin Tuesday, April 15. The facility is open to ...

MANISTEE COUNTY, MI – Maintaining Michigan’s world-class fishery is a big job. It involves fishing regulations, habitat management, addressing invasive species – and rearing and stocking fish. On ...

State officials said on Friday, April 17, that they were able to continue harvesting steelhead eggs on Michigan's Manistee River after severe weather damaged a collection site earlier in the week, and ...

Although lower water levels in rivers have made trout fishing challenging, it looks like steelhead are still biting across the Northwest Lower and Upper Peninsula. The occasional walleye and perch are ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is making some changes after a power outage crippled this year’s attempt to collect steelhead eggs. The power outage happened ...

A lightning strike damaged critical equipment on the Little Manistee River Weir, and derailed the Michigan Department of Natural Resources efforts to collect steelhead fish eggs for this year's ...

A single lightning strike on April 13 disabled the main power source, backup power, and emergency alarm system at the Little Manistee River Weir — the state's only steelhead egg-collection facility — ...

The Michigan DNR will collect 4.5 million steelhead eggs at the Little Manistee Weir. The egg collection will take place between April 15-17 and 22-23. Most of the eggs will be distributed to Michigan ...

MANISTEE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is addressing recent storm damage at the Little Manistee River Weir in Manistee County, which has impacted steelhead egg collection ...

Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:18:03 GMT — The Department of Natural Resources soon will be collecting steelhead eggs at the Little Manistee River weir in Stronach. Since 1968, the Little Manistee River weir has ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...