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, ...

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

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearers are finding clear pockets of water and bringing in heavy catches to start the 2025 season. Opening-day spearers took to the ice on a snowy Saturday, ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- With more than 13,000 people getting ready to hit the ice, sturgeon spearing on the Lake Winnebago System is part of "How WI Live" in Northeast Wisconsin. "The season ...

I've seen open water on Lake Winnebago during sturgeon spearing, and there was 15 inches of ice all around it," Herman said. "Geese were keeping it open, so we tried to keep them away.

I've seen open water on Lake Winnebago during sturgeon spearing, and there was 15 inches of ice all around it," Herman said. "Geese were keeping it open, so we tried to keep them away.

FOND DU LAC – The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition has produced some massive prehistoric fish, and some records haven't been broken in about 15 years. The 2010 spearing season ...

And for those interested, you can find out how many sturgeon were tagged during the spring of 2023 as well as how population values are doing compared to past years in the 2023 Winnebago lake ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) - Ice conditions on Lake Winnebago are good for sturgeon spearing, with a few areas less safe. Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:26:15 GMT (1750616775114) Story Infinite Scroll ...

Fortunately, the species fared much better in other parts of the Upper Midwest, including Lake Winnebago in central Wisconsin, where the population was never blocked from its spawning grounds in ...

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

The goal is to restore a wild, self-sustaining lake sturgeon population in the urban river that runs up the northeast side of the metro area. ... including Lake Winnebago in central Wisconsin, ...