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

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

LAKE POYGAN (WLUK) -- The 2025 16-day Sturgeon Spearing season kicked off Saturday morning. Good Day Wisconsin spent opening day out on Lake Poygan with a group of anglers. The Sturgeon Spearing ...

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

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

Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday on the Winnebago system, and the DNR said thousands of spearers took the ...

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 ...

But when it comes to Wisconsin's most important fish, a strong case can be made for the lake ... Poygan and Winneconne, along with the Fox and Wolf rivers, are home to one of the strongest ...

FOND DU LAC – As sturgeon ... Lake Winnebago, the caps are broken down to 280 juvenile females, 717 adult females and 1,002 males. For the Upriver Lakes — Butte des Morts, Winneconne and ...