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.

Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday on the Winnebago system, and the DNR said thousands of spearers took the ice.

The Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday, Feb. 10 – but ice conditions kept many spearers off the ice for the initial harvest.

2025 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season ends The DNR said twice as many fish were harvested this year, which is more than twice the amount harvested last year.

The Wisconsin DNR continues to prepare for the Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season, which opens Saturday, Feb. 10.

Sturgeon spearing shacks will start being placed on the Winnebago System later this week. The annual sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 11.

What to know about sturgeon spearing season, plus more outdoors news from Manitowoc County and beyond.

A record-breaking sturgeon is caught as Winnebago's spearing season opens amid snowy conditions.

Fond du Lac has a number of places to go and activities to check out during the sturgeon spearing season. Here's your guide to the area.

Despite the poorest ice conditions on record, some sturgeon spearers safely and successfully took to the Winnebago System for Saturday's opener.

PIPE, Wis. (WLUK) -- After 16 days the sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago is over, and by many accounts, it is being called a success. Department of Natural Resources numbers indicate ...