LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- The countdown is underway for Sturgeon Spearing 2022, and the excitement level is starting to ramp up around Northeast Wisconsin. The season begins Saturday, with 12,693 ...

Seven days into sturgeon spearing, the fishing may be slow but some of the catches are coming in heavy. Jared Guelig, 22, of Fond du Lac caught the biggest so far this season with a 174.8-pound ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WLUK) -- A Wisconsin tradition continues, starting Saturday. Before dawn, thousands took to the ice of the Lake Winnebago System for the 2022 sturgeon spearing season, and by ...

The 2022 season runs a maximum of 16 days or until the pre-determined harvest caps are met. The systemwide caps this year are set at 400 juvenile females, 875 adult females and 1,200 males.

Here's the thing, though. Hundreds of people gather each year on the Winnebago System, which encompasses lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts and Poygan, to set up ice spearing shanties and wait for a ...

Sturgeon spearing officially started at 7a.m. and wrapped up at 1p.m. on Saturday. Frigid temperatures did not stop spearers heading onto the ice of Lake Poygan in Winneconne.

More than 12,000 sturgeon tags were issued this year -- 20 to a group of veterans on a retreat through the non-profit House in the Woods. The organization takes veterans hunting, fishing, and on ...

Seven days into sturgeon spearing, the fishing may be slow but some of the catches are coming in heavy. Jared Guelig, 22, of Fond du Lac caught the biggest so far this season with a 174.8-pound ...

The 2022 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season began Saturday and runs for 16 days or until harvest caps are reached, whichever comes first. - Photo by Mike De Sisti / The Milwaukee Journal ...

The 2022 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season opens at 7 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 12) and runs for 16 days or until harvest caps are reached, whichever comes first.

It was opening day of the 2022 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season, after all. The most palpable sensation was excitement. At 6:30 a.m. the group – Ken, 70, his sons Brent, ...

The Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday, Feb. 10 ... In 2023, there were 3,000 shanties on opening day and 6,000 in 2022.