Ecologists celebrated the release of thousands of palm-sized lake sturgeon into the Maumee River in 2018, kicking off an ...

Highly restrictive lake sturgeon harvest regulations were placed on Black Lake in 2000. From 2000-09, the fishing season was capped at either nine days or until a five-fish quota was met.

OSHKOSH, Wis. - The Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday, Feb. 10 – but warm temperatures, wind and rain in recent days kept many spearers off the ice.

Regulations require spearers to register all sturgeon by 2 p.m. on the day of harvest. Margaret Stadig, DNR sturgeon biologist, said she expected the season to be "slow" and last the full 16 days.

In 2022, the season only lasted 36 minutes. Black Lake Sturgeon Shivaree still on Even without a fishing season, the sturgeon party will go on.

In 2022 the population was estimated at 12,304 adult females and 24,061 adult males, as well as an undetermined number of juvenile fish, according to the DNR sturgeon stock assessment report.

A 2022 DNR sturgeon spearing survey shows how well Lake Winnebago system spearers know their sturgeon, plus increasing support for underwater cameras.

Here are four things we learned from the survey, sent out digitally and by mail in late 2021 to one-quarter of all 2022 sturgeon license applicants. The DNR received more than 1,500 responses ...

Carson Schumacher, 13, of Minocqua speared this sturgeon on his birthday during the 2023 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 11, 2023, near Stockbridge, Wis. Carson’s ...

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 ...

KESHENA - The Menominee Sturgeon Feast Pow Wow returns this weekend in Keshena after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is open to the public and usually draws about 500 ...

STOCKBRIDGE (WLUK) -- Day 10 of the 2022 sturgeon spearing season was marked on Monday, and some are finding success during the 16-day campaign on Lake Winnebago. At the drive-thru sturgeon ...