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

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — As the sturgeon spearing season rolls on, some of those taking to the ice are finding ...

Tony Wied (8th Congressional District) and co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Glenn Grothman (6th Congressional District) and Tom ...

The sturgeon spearing season opens on the Lake Winnebago system Feb. 8 as fishing clubs monitor ice, but the water clarity is ...

LAKE POYGAN (WLUK) -- The 2025 16-day Sturgeon Spearing season kicked off Saturday morning. Good Day Wisconsin spent opening day out on Lake Poygan with a group of anglers. The Sturgeon Spearing ...

A combination of water resources and dedicated people have succeeded in helping lake sturgeon thrive while they have failed ...

FOND DU LAC – As sturgeon ... Lake Winnebago, the caps are broken down to 280 juvenile females, 717 adult females and 1,002 males. For the Upriver Lakes — Butte des Morts, Winneconne and ...

(WLUK) -- Opening day of sturgeon ... of lake sturgeon registered with 21 and 25, respectively. On the Upriver Lakes, the DNR says most of the harvest was being registered at the Poygan ...

The sturgeon ... from Lake Winnebago must be registered at one of the registration stations on Lake Winnebago: Any fish harvested from lakes Butte des Morts, Winneconne or Poygan must be ...

An ancient gentle giant of the seas ... Butte des Morts, Poygan and Winneconne, along with the Fox and Wolf rivers, are home to one of the strongest sturgeon populations in the world.

For the Upriver Lakes — Butte des Morts, Winneconne and Poygan — the caps ... to manage the Winnebago System sturgeon fishery. A fish harvested from Lake Winnebago must be registered at ...