Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a recent, sustained push of polar cold into Wisconsin, ice conditions are looking favorable for the annual sturgeon spearing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearing's opening weekend attracted more than 3,000 shanties to the Lake Winnebago system, hauling in 1 ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Past the halfway point of the sturgeon spearing season, this year's harvest caps have a way to go. As of Feb. 16, the Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 total successful spearers so ...

(WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released updated sturgeon spearing totals through Monday, confirming the Upriver Lakes season has now closed. The Upriver season lasted three ...

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, and the ...

With weeks of cold temperatures and steady snow cover, Lake Winnebago is shaping up for one of its strongest sturgeon spearing seasons in recent years. From above, the lake appears locked in with ice ...

SINCE 1880. VERY LONG TIME WISCONSIN STURGEON SEASON IS IN THE BOOKS. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REPORTS 943 FISH WERE HARVESTED OVER THE 16 DAY SEASON. THEY SAY NO HARVEST CAPS WERE MET ON ...

The lake sturgeon spearing season began with a substantial catch of 169 sturgeons across the Winnebago System. The season's opening day, marked by snowfall, attracted thousands of participants eager ...

(WLUK) -- The 2025 sturgeon spearing season reached its one-week mark Friday, and it was a better day for those who took to the ice on the Winnebago system. In total, there were 65 sturgeon harvested ...

Three factors are preeminent in the annual story line of the Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season. Two – ice conditions and water clarity – are so variable they are rolls of the dice. No one can ...

The 2026 sturgeon spearing season will begin Feb. 14 and last a maximum of 16 days, closing earlier if harvest caps are met. Spearers must possess a pre-purchased license and register any harvested ...

Sturgeon spearing's opening weekend harvest was 1,029 sturgeon on the Lake Winnebago system. The season on the Upriver Lakes will close at 1 p.m. Monday after reaching its harvest cap trigger for ...