“Our harvest caps are still based on the population estimate. Our population estimate continues to be fairly stable, with 25,000 adult males, and 15,000 adult females. So while the cap did vary ...

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

According to the Wisconsin DNR, spearers reported Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes are experiencing a shift in water clarity as some areas with clear water on Saturday were murkier on Sunday, ...

(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 ...

Lake Winnebago status during Sturgeon Spearing Season ...

On Monday, a total of 65 lake sturgeon were harvested throughout the entire Winnebago System. On Lake Winnebago, there were ...

The much-anticipated sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago is set to begin on Saturday, February 8, bringing together families and communities in northeast ...

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 ...

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 ...