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

Today, we’re actually at 2.52.” Those measurements are based off Lake Winnebago’s capacity. The dams are opened to lower water levels in the fall, and are opened again in the spring ...

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 ...

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

LIVE. FOLLOWING SEVERAL BIG STORIES NOW A MAN DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA AFTER FALLING INTO LAKE WINNEBAGO THIS WEEKEND, THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY TWO MEN WERE RIDING A UTV ON THE ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WBAY) - Spearers took to the ice for the first time this weekend for the start of sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system. Thousands participated in the opening ...

Despite the poor water clarity, many spearers found success, with 82 lake sturgeon harvested on Lake Winnebago alone. Included in those numbers is a record-breaking 180.5lb lake sturgeon speared ...

The sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago begins Feb. 8 and lasts for 16 days, unless harvest caps are met sooner. Water clarity is lower than ideal this year, averaging 5.35 feet ...