According to the most recent work by the USGS, prey fish numbers in Lake Michigan look slightly better, well, not so much with smelt.

Geoffrey Baer embarks on a fishing ... of the city of Chicago. - Yeah. How about that? The fishery might be thriving, but those salmon and other species aren't native to Lake Michigan.

Officials said there were 5-foot to 6-foot waves on Friday in Lake Michigan at the time, with the water temperature at 37 degrees when the 19-foot fishing vessel flipped near the East Chicago ...