Sturgeon, Lake Winnebago

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,
Sturgeon spearing opening weekend saw 4th-largest fish, 3,340 shacks on Lake Winnebago
LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearers are finding clear pockets of water and bringing in heavy catches to start the 2025 season. Opening-day spearers took to the ice on a snowy Saturday, and the excitement for better ice conditions than last year's attracted many more spearers than 2024,
Record-breaking sturgeon speared at Lake Winnebago
The numbers are in for this year's opening weekend of sturgeon spearing, and they include the fourth-largest fish ever caught in the
Sturgeon Spearing 2025: Opening day on the Lake Winnebago System
After much anticipation, day one of the 2025 sturgeon spearing season is in the books. Many say it is off to a relatively slow s
Locals prepare for upcoming sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago
The much-anticipated sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago is set to begin on Saturday, February 8, bringing together families and communities in northeast
Thousands gather for Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Spearing Season
Wisconsin’s sturgeon spearing season is underway, drawing thousands of participants from across the U.S. and beyond.
Sturgeon Spearing 2025: DNR water clarity low on Lake Winnebago
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — With conditions on the ice considered by many to be much better than last year, hopes are high leading into the upcoming sturgeon spearing season, but below the frozen surface, water clarity in Lake Winnebago might tell a different tale.
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.
WISN Milwaukee on MSN19h
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 ...
News 800013d
Wisconsin ice highway across Lake Winnebago saving drivers hours in their commute
Don Herman, owner of SUNK? Dive and Ice Service and a board member with the Otter Street Fishing Club, has been maintaining ...
Lake Winnebago weekend events unaffected by Thursday's record high
OSHKOSH (WLUK) - An increase in temperatures gave some groups a hint of concern leading into Thursday wondering if they would ...
Superior Telegram3d
DNR asks anglers to take it slow on the ice after rash of fatalities
There have been incidents of people sliding into the cracks in the ice because they were travelling too fast to stop, he said ...
Northwestern Media7d
Polar Plunge returns to Oshkosh Feb. 8 at Menominee Park Millers Bay and Lake Winnebago
OSHKOSH – Special Olympics Wisconsin supporters will be “Freezin ... Bay on 820 Hazel St., followed by all-day plunging on Lake Winnebago. The opening ceremony gets underway at noon and ...