Harvest continues to be slow on the Lake Winnebago System as sturgeon spearing season closes in on its first week, although several 100-pounders were caught on Thursday. The ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago began with successful catches and improved ice conditions compared to the previous year. Spearers brought in a total of 290 sturgeon over the ...

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 ...

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) - Monday brought three to five inches of snow to Marinette, Oconto and parts of Brown County. Southern counties, including those around Lake Winnebago were spared.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AND TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF STURGEON SPEARING SEASON. THE HUNT IS CENTERED ON LAKE WINNEBAGO AND SEVERAL OTHER UPRIVER LAKES. THE DNR SAYS FISHERS SPEARED 169 STURGEON ON THIS OPENING DAY.