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

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

(WLUK) -- Opening day of sturgeon spearing season proved successful for dozens of anglers on Saturday, with a total of 169 speared between Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes. The Wisconsin ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Lake Winnebago, this year's harvest caps are 280 juvenile females, 717 adult females and 1,002 males, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. For the Upriver Lakes ...

Opening day of sturgeon spearing season proved successful for dozens of anglers on Saturday, with a total of 169 speared ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WBAY) - The DNR is reporting a total of 169 lake sturgeon speared on Saturday. That number is composed of 19 juvenile females, 57 adult females, and 93 males. Despite the ...

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 ...

Thousands of spearers out on Lake Winnebago Friday prepare for the start of the Sturgeon Spearing Season. After last year’s poor ice conditions, many are excited to be back on the ice Chainsaws ...

TOWN OF FOND DU LAC – A 67-year-old town of Taycheedah man has died after the UTV he was a passenger on fell through the ice on Lake Winnebago Saturday and he was left in the water for ...