Delta sturgeon continue biting, Steve Mitchell said. Don Pedro bass, trout and king salmon action good, Monte Smith reported.

“Sturgeon-spearing is crucial to maintaining Wisconsin’s lake sturgeon population which is why we must take proactive steps to ensure that we are exempt from any action to list the lake ...

The Sturgeon Protected and Exempt from Absurd Regulations (SPEAR) Act would prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from making "a determination that any population of the lake sturgeon in ...

A group of Wisconsin lawmakers have filed legislation to protect sturgeon spearing in the state. The bill would exempt ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago began with successful catches and improved ice conditions compared to the previous year. Spearers brought in a total of 290 sturgeon over the ...

Stadig’s official title is “senior fisheries biologist,” but she focuses almost all her attention on protecting the Sturgeon population in the Lake Winnebago system, which includes Lake Butte des ...

But most importantly, Woiderski said the limited season keeps the cultural relevance of the lake sturgeon alive. Meanwhile, the fish population has more than doubled in the last 25 years.

A lake sturgeon swims inside a tank at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. The aquarium is seeking state and federal funds to build a program that would rear thousands of fish for the St. Louis River.

with a little more than four dozen sturgeon speared on Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says 53 sturgeon were speared across the Winnebago system.