LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearers are finding clear pockets of water and bringing in heavy catches to start the 2025 season.

(WTVO) — The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office identified Herbert ... officials were able to identify Huff and determined he worked at a firearms parts manufacturer in Lake Zurich, Illinois. The cause ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- Taking to the frozen waters and doing some sturgeon spearing is a unique part of "How WI Live" in Northeast Wisconsin, and on parts of Lake Winnebago, the race was on ...

According to the DNR's water clarity report for this year, the average water clarity throughout Lake Winnebago was 5.35 feet, with no part of the lake measuring more than 10 feet of water clarity.

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- Cars and trucks are on ... that we marked with the trees down," said Schwefel, who is part of the fishing club's plow committee. Quinney Fishing Club members used teamwork ...

The Polar Plunge returns to Oshkosh Feb. 8 with an opening ceremony at Menominee Park's Millers Bay on 820 Hazel St., followed by all-day plunging on Lake Winnebago. The opening ceremony gets ...

"What we have is special in all the world," said Dan Groeschel of Pipe, 83, who grew up on the shore of Lake Winnebago and has been part of the region's sturgeon spearing tradition since the 1950s.

The DNR said the sturgeon spearing harvest is usually dictated in part by water clarity and ice conditions on the Upriver Lakes and Lake Winnebago. This year’s assessments indicate poor water ...