Lake Winnebago, Sturgeon and spearers

Sturgeon spearing: Tuesday’s harvest the lowest on Lake Winnebago for 2025 season
The Upriver Lakes season continues with another 6 lake sturgeon harvested today (0 juvenile females, 1 adult female and 5 males). Kathy Marshall, who speared a sturgeon on Lake Poygan, was lucky enough to have the largest fish of the day with a beautiful 107.4-pound, 69.6-inch, F4 female.
Sturgeon spearing: Upriver Lakes near harvest caps, Lake Winnebago at 22% entering week 2
As of Feb. 16, the Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 successful spearers so far, with Upriver Lakes getting closer to its harvest cap.
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.
Sturgeon spearing season opens on Lake Winnebago Saturday. Water clarity may be an issue.
The sturgeon spearing season opens on the Lake Winnebago system Feb. 8 as fishing clubs monitor ice, but the water clarity is less than stellar.
Massive sturgeon caught as spearing season opens on Winnebago
The lake sturgeon spearing season began with a substantial catch of 169 sturgeons across the Winnebago System.
Snow continues to impact slow first half of sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago
Saturday marked the official halfway point to sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago System, and after an evening and full morning of snow, the slow season continued. Officials with the Wisconsin DNR stated that only 24 lake sturgeon were harvest from Lake Winnebago on February 15,
169 sturgeon speared throughout Lake Winnebago system on 2025 opening day
Opening day of sturgeon spearing season proved successful for dozens of spearers on Saturday, with a total of 169 speared between Lake Winnebago and the upriver
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2025 Sturgeon Season update: Lowest harvest reported on Lake Winnebago
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released its daily update on the 2025 Sturgeon Season, noting the lowest ...
Remember when Ronald Grishaber snagged a 212-pound sturgeon in 2010? Here are Lake Winnebago's heaviest hitters.
The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only ...
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Nearly 145 pound sturgeon speared as we enter final stretch of Wisconsin season
As the second weekend of the Winnebago sturgeon spearing season came to a close, 58 lake sturgeon were speared on Sunday, February 16. Officials with the Wisconsin DNR stated that ...
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180 pound sturgeon almost sets record
Hayley Herzig's Winnebago sturgeon weighed more than 180 pounds, and it took four people more than 20 minutes to haul it ...
SKYFOX: Aerial views of sturgeon spearing, a time-honored tradition in Northeast Wisconsin
Sturgeon spearing is a cornerstone of culture in Northeast Wisconsin, and the SKYFOX drone is capturing the beloved tradition ...