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 ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes. The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. Saturday ...

(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 ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — Seventeen minutes. That’s all it took. At 8:17 a.m. on Saturday morning, the 2025 Black Lake sturgeon season ended as the final fish was pulled from the water, marking a ...

Michigan's sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake set a record Saturday as the fastest ever. The season, which lasted 17 minutes before the harvest limit was reached, beat the previous record of 35 ...

CALUMET COUNTY (WLUK) -- A new warning for anglers heading to Lake Winnebago on Sunday for sturgeon spearing as officials say a major crack in the ice has developed, causing 'multiple vehicles' to ...

That is when the lake sturgeon season opens on the lake, which is in both Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties. Not only will there be fishing, but the annual Black Lake Sturgeon Shivaree festival ...

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes. The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. Saturday and ...

The sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago begins Feb. 8 and lasts for 16 days, unless harvest caps are met sooner. Water clarity is lower than ideal this year, averaging 5.35 feet ...

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 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season concluded in record time, with all six allowed sturgeon caught in just 17 minutes. This year saw a record number of registered fishermen at 797.