4th-largest sturgeon ever speared on Lake Winnebago is bigger than the spearer herself
At a whopping 180.5 pounds and a little more than 79 inches long, the DNR considers it the fourth-largest fish speared on the Winnebago system.
2025 sturgeon spearing: Monday reports 65 harvested in Winnebago System
On Monday, a total of 65 lake sturgeon were harvested throughout the entire Winnebago System. On Lake Winnebago, there were 36 lake sturgeon harvested: 6 juvenile females, 16 adul
Sturgeon spearing opening weekend saw 4th-largest fish, 3,340 shacks on Lake Winnebago
The Payne’s Point Bar & Grill registration station in Neenah processed the most sturgeon of the day for Lake Winnebago with 25 fish, followed by the Downtown Oshkosh station with 21. The Poygan station led the way for the Upriver Lakes with 53 sturgeon registered.
For the First Time in Years, It Looks Like Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Season Drama-Free
It’ll be good ice and no fishy business this year.
‘A game of patience’: Spearers have successful weekend on Lake Winnebago
Spearers took to the ice for the first time this weekend for the start of sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system. Thousands participated in the opening weekend, with nearly 300 lake sturgeon captured.
Sturgeon spearing update: 290 fish harvested on Lake Winnebago, upriver lakes
Sturgeon spearing season is here and officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources say the opening weekend saw 290 fish harvested on Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes. According to a release from the DNR,
121 sturgeon speared on Day 2 throughout Lake Winnebago system
Day 2 of sturgeon spearing season gave poor water clarity to those out on Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes, with a total of 121 sturgeon speared.
Sturgeon spearing opens, Winnebago system's fourth-largest ever
Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday on the Winnebago system, and the DNR said thousands of spearers took the ice.
Lake Winnebago status during Sturgeon Spearing Season
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2025 Sturgeon Spearing Season opens on Saturday
The Wisconsin DNR is ready for the sturgeon spearing season to open on Saturday, Feb. 8, on the Winnebago System. With one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America, the Winnebago System supports an annual spearing season that runs for a maximum of 16 days (it closes Feb.
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Path to sturgeon harvest cap on upriver lakes surpasses halfway point
Twenty-nine of those were registered on the upriver lakes. The numbers on those lakes have now reached 118 males, which is ...
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Opening weekend for sturgeon spearing wraps up
On Feb. 9, 12-year-old Kolby Worth successfully speared his first fish on the upriver lakes with a 21.1-pound, 47.5-inch male ...
SPEAR Act would prevent sturgeon in Wisconsin from being placed under protections of Endangered Species Act
Congressmen reintroduce SPEAR Act, a bill intended to keep the lake sturgeon in Wisconsin from protections of the federal ...