An angler caught a 39-year-old lake trout while fishing near Sheboygan on Lake Michigan. The fish is the oldest in the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) reports that in May 2023 an angler fishing off Sheboygan caught a large 16-pound lake trout having a coded wire tag. The tag showed the fish had been ...

But now after the release of a four year study, it appears the program is doing much better that they originally thought. "Since 1990 we've been tagging all the fish with a small coded wire tag.

Each head with a tag that is turned in equals one drawing entry. Tagged fish must be submitted by Nov. 1, 2021. Eligible tagged fish include steelhead, brown trout and Chinook or Atlantic salmon.