The sturgeon spearing season opens on the Lake Winnebago system Feb. 8 as fishing clubs monitor ice, but the water clarity is less than stellar.
A combination of water resources and dedicated people have succeeded in helping lake sturgeon thrive while they have failed ...
The goal is to restore a wild, self-sustaining lake sturgeon population in the urban river that runs up the northeast side of ...
In recent years, the species has made somewhat of a comeback. Tighter fishing regulations in the Great Lakes has helped, with annual harvest limits strictly enforced. Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago ...
The 2024 Sturgeon spearing season kicked off Saturday with a record-low number of fish ... Species Act. Standig said the DNR has been working for decades to closely monitor the Lake Winnebago ...
Almost all 27 of its species to this day on the ... In fact, Gordon Priegel, DNR fish manager in Oshkosh who worked on Lake Winnebago issues from 1959 to 1970, used pencil calculations and ...