Lake Winnebago, spearers and Sturgeon

Sturgeon spearing opening weekend saw 4th-largest fish, 3,340 shacks on Lake Winnebago
The Payne’s Point Bar & Grill registration station in Neenah processed the most sturgeon of the day for Lake Winnebago with 25 fish, followed by the Downtown Oshkosh station with 21. The Poygan station led the way for the Upriver Lakes with 53 sturgeon registered.
Sturgeon spearers finding success on Lake Winnebago with 481 harvested entering second weekend
Despite weather and poor water clarity, spearers are still finding success in the Lake Winnebago system. Almost 30 sturgeon have exceeded 100 pounds.
Snow continues to impact slow first half of sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago
Saturday marked the official halfway point to sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago System, and after an evening and full morning of snow, the slow season continued. Officials with the Wisconsin DNR stated that only 24 lake sturgeon were harvest from Lake Winnebago on February 15,
Large sturgeon continue to be caught despite slow start to spearing season on Lake Winnebago
Harvest continues to be slow on the Lake Winnebago System as sturgeon spearing season closes in on its first week, although several 100-pounders were caught on Thursday. The Wisconsin DNR stated in a release that a total of 20 lake sturgeon were harvested on February 13,
Sturgeon spearing remains slow going on 6th day of 2025 season
It was another slow day of sturgeon spearing. Spearers took a total of 31 fish from the Winnebago system, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports. Of those, 20 were speared on Lake Winnebago: three juvenile females,
'Fish of a lifetime': Woman spears 4th-largest ever sturgeon, bigger than her own body
Hayley Herzig speared the 4th-largest sturgeon ever recorded in the Lake Winnebago, Wis. system on Saturday with the ...
Near-Record Sturgeon Pulled Through the Ice Was So Big It Took Two Spears to Land
Hayley Herzig speared her first Wisconsin sturgeon in February. It's a near-record and one of the biggest sturgeon ever ...
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Warm winter temps upended a popular fishing event in Michigan last year. This year it was back
After a historically warm winter last year canceled several events, Michigan’s sturgeon season came back in full swing ...
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Sturgeon spearing season opens on Lake Winnebago Saturday. Water clarity may be an issue.
Fishing clubs report more than a foot of ice ... and carrying safety gear. FOND DU LAC – Sturgeon spearing season is almost here, but is the ice ready? This year's spearers will be cutting ...
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Michigan’s Shortest Fishing Season Lasted Just 17 Minutes This Year, a New Record
There were 797 people registered for the special sturgeon fishing season on Michigan’s Black Lake this past Saturday. It only took 17 minutes for anglers to reach the cap of 7 sturgeon landed, ...
Central California fishing report: Don Pedro bass, trout and king salmon action good; Delta Sturgeon still biting
Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the ...
Remember when Ronald Grishaber snagged a 212-pound sturgeon in 2010? Here are Lake Winnebago's heaviest hitters.
The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only ...
Only 36 sturgeon speared Saturday, as Winter Storm Cooper blankets area with snow
The eighth day of sturgeon spearing season brought lower numbers of sturgeon speared with a total of just 36 throughout the ...