Blue Water Sturgeon Festival

08/06/2026

Time to get registered for this October event!

2026 North Channel Sturgeon Classic Registration is open, only 20 spots left in the 35 boat field- Don't delay register today!!

06/26/2026

Friends of the St. Clair River Sturgeon Fest takes center stage on this week’s Michigan Out-of-Doors TV show! Check out the Huron Lady II, Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Our segment starts at the 11:00 mark. We hope you enjoy it!

This week we follow a family out for a day of bluegill fishing, sto...

06/01/2026

This little sturgeon is riding along on the Huron Lady II Sturgeon Cruises on Saturday, June 6 as part of Friends of the St. Clair River's Sturgeon Festival! After the Sturgeon Cruises (11am & 1pm), this little fish will be hand released into the wild on the shores of Lake Huron at the Fort Gratiot Lightstation (2:30pm). If you’re in our neck of the woods on Saturday, hop aboard the Huron Lady cruise!

Festival details and Sturgeon Cruise tickets: www.SturgeonFestival.com

Michigan Out-of-Doors TV
Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
St. Clair-Detroit River Sturgeon for Tomorrow Incorporated

06/01/2026

🐟Start your summer at Friends of the St. Clair River Blue Water Sturgeon Festival on Saturday, June 6! Our festival program guide is below to help you plan your day.

One festival, two locations! Choose your adventure!
🚤 Ship @ 11am & 1pm: www.HuronLady.com
⛱ Shore @ 10am - 3pm: www.SturgeonFestival.com

05/26/2026

Sheri Faust, Executive Director of Friends of the St. Clair River, shares about Sturgeon Fest '26 coming up on Saturday, June 6.
The lake sturgeon, the “underwater celebrity”, draws around 2,000 people to Lighthouse Beach and to two Sturgeon Cruises on the Huron Lady II. Details here: www.SturgeonFestival.com

Thank you, Thumbcoast.tv! Watch here! https://thumbcoast.tv/spotlight-sheri-faust-sturgeon-festival-with-friends-of-the-st-clair-river/

The lake sturgeon, the "underwater celebrity", draws around 2,000 people to the annual Sturgeon Festival at Lighthouse Beach. Sheri Faust from Friends of the St. Clair River previews the event on Saturday, June 6th.

05/22/2026

05/19/2026

🌊Saturday, June 6 holds all the fun of Sturgeon Fest '26 this year!

✔️Take a Sturgeon Cruise on the Huron Lady II,
✔️Explore vendors under the tent, ✔️listen to live music on stage, ✔️meet animals with Nature Discovery, ✔️eat at delicious food trucks, ✔️meet sturgeon in the touch tank, ✔️come beachside to watch a baby sturgeon release.

🎟️ Sturgeon Cruise tickets 11am, 1pm, Huron Lady
🎪Sturgeon Fest, 10am-3pm, Fort Gratiot Lightstation

Meet the Great Lakes biggest underwater celebrity at Blue Water Sturgeon Festival! 👉www.SturgeonFestival.com

St. Clair-Detroit River Sturgeon for Tomorrow Incorporated
Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Since its inception in 2012, Sturgeon Festival has been highlighting the fascinating story of this symbol for the Great Lakes recovery.