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

As the sturgeon spearing season rolls on, some of those taking to the ice are finding success.That includes the Upriver Lakes ...

For the first three days of the season, there have been 355 total sturgeon speared. With 118 males speared on the upriver ...

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

The lake sturgeon spearing season began with a substantial catch of 169 sturgeons across the Winnebago System.

The sturgeon ... from Lake Winnebago must be registered at one of the registration stations on Lake Winnebago: Any fish harvested from lakes Butte des Morts, Winneconne or Poygan must be ...

Luck struck many spearers on Lake Winnebago, including Hayley Herzig who on Saturday speared the fourth-largest fish ever on ...

This year's spearers will be cutting into the ice Feb. 7 in preparation for opening day of the sturgeon spearing season bright and early Feb. 8. Hopes are high for snagging a lake bottom-dweller ...

The 2025 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season opens on Saturday, Feb. 8. Spearing season runs for a maximum of 16 days or until any predetermined harvest caps have been met. Spearers and ...

The 78-pound sturgeon that Austin Dreifuerst caught during the 2025 sturgeon season on Black Lake.Credit ... he caught the largest of the six, a 78.3-pound, 67-inch sturgeon that was probably ...

Included in those numbers is a record-breaking 180.5lb lake sturgeon speared by Hayley Herzig. At 79.3 inches long, the F4 female is officially the 4th largest ever speared on the Lake Winnebago ...