Lake Winnebago, Sturgeon

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 harvest on Lake Winnebago so far this season. On Tuesday, only 14 lake sturgeon were harvested on Lake Winnebago,
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.
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,
58 sturgeon speared Sunday, no harvest caps reached yet
The second weekend of sturgeon spearing came to a close on Sunday with a more bountiful harvest than was seen Saturday.Between the Upriver Lakes and L
Asylum Bay Team keeps spearers on track during sturgeon season, reports Wisconsin DNR
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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 ...
Updates on second weekend of Sturgeon Spearing Season
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'Fish of a lifetime': Woman spears 4th-largest ever sturgeon, bigger than her own body
Hayley Herzig speared the 4th-largest sturgeon ever recorded in the Lake Winnebago, Wis. system on Saturday with the ...
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Frigid temperatures keeps daily sturgeon spearing numbers low
(WTAQ-WLUK) — It was a frigid day out on the ice, as only 24 sturgeon were speared across the Upriver Lakes and Lake ...
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Massive sturgeon caught as spearing season opens on Winnebago
HELPING TO PROMOTE CONCUSSION AWARENESS. AND TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF STURGEON SPEARING SEASON. THE HUNT IS CENTERED ON LAKE WINNEBAGO AND SEVERAL OTHER UPRIVER LAKES. THE DNR SAYS FISHERS ...
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Fighting the political currents, local groups sue the Trump administration to protect the white sturgeon
Recent federal- and state-level orders to divert water have environmentalists concerned over local impacts on this historic ...