The 2025 sturgeon spearing season has gone down as the fifth-best harvest in the last 10 years. By comparison, 2024 was the ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Many sturgeon spearers persevered through water clarity, weather and access issues on the Lake Winnebago system in 2025.

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 ...

(WLUK) -- Opening day of sturgeon spearing season proved successful for dozens of spearers on Saturday, with a total of 169 speared between Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes. The Wisconsin ...

After this weekend, sturgeon spearing will close, marking a disappointing season for many, but a memorable season for all.

In 2012, a female sturgeon caught on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin measured more than seven feet three inches long and weighed 240 pounds. These freshwater behemoths are also extremely long-lived.

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 ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system saw a total of 943 sturgeon harvested. The Upriver Lakes season almost reached its harvest cap, with 230 out of 250 male sturgeon ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season yielded more than twice as many sturgeon as 2024. This is the 10th consecutive year the Lake Winnebago system has lasted the full 16-day season. The Upriver Lakes ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO — A sturgeon spearing season of avoiding giant holes in the ice and fishing in T-shirts is almost at an end. The last day to spear is Feb. 26, and continued mild temperatures and ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Even though 2025's sturgeon spearing season didn't crack 1,000 catches, its harvest is still close to average from the past 10 years. This year's season ended Feb. 23 with a ...