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

Sturgeon spearing season is here and officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources say the opening weekend saw ...

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

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 ...

Congressmen reintroduce SPEAR Act, a bill intended to keep the lake sturgeon in Wisconsin from protections of the federal ...

After much anticipation, day one of the 2025 sturgeon spearing season is in the books. Many say it is off to a relatively ...

Anglers are being asked to proceed with caution near Lake Winnebago's eastern shore as opening weekend of the sturgeon ...

Spearers took to the ice for the first time this weekend for the start of sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago ...

It’ll be good ice and no fishy business this year.

Ice shacks are up and holes are being cut on Lake Winnebago as fishermen get ready for the 2025 Sturgeon Season opener on ...

Fishing clubs report more than a foot of ice on Lake Winnebago, but large cracks and some open water have been observed. The DNR emphasizes that ice is never 100% safe and advises spearers to take ...

Don Herman, owner of SUNK? Dive and Ice Service, is one of many volunteers devoting their time to maintaining an "ice highway ...