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

LIVE. FOLLOWING SEVERAL BIG STORIES NOW A MAN DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA AFTER FALLING INTO LAKE WINNEBAGO THIS WEEKEND, THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY TWO MEN WERE RIDING A UTV ON THE ...

The sturgeon spearing season opens on the Lake Winnebago system Feb. 8 as fishing clubs monitor ice, but the water clarity is ...

Despite the poor water clarity, many spearers found success, with 82 lake sturgeon harvested on Lake Winnebago alone. Included in those numbers is a record-breaking 180.5lb lake sturgeon speared ...

But, this year, while the ice is better, water clarity in places is very bad. Thousands of spearers out on Lake Winnebago Friday prepare for the start of the Sturgeon Spearing Season. After last ...

NEENAH, Wis. (WFRV) – The vehicle that crashed into Lake Winnebago on Friday morning was officially removed from the water, according to an update to the release from the Neenah Police Department. The ...

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 ...

Hopes are high for snagging a lake bottom-dweller as the ice holds up, but water clarity may not be ... the harvest caps are met sooner. For Lake Winnebago, this year's harvest caps are 280 ...