sturgeon, Lake Winnebago

109.7 pound fish the largest harvest as three days remain in Winnebago sturgeon spearing season
With just three days left in the sturgeon spearing season, people are not yet giving up on their harvests, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) February 20 harvest update.
Harvest on Thursday continues to be slow for 2025 sturgeon spearing season
We are only 3 days away from the end of the Winnebago spearing season, and there are some spearers who have not given up. Twenty-seven lake sturgeon were harvested throughout the system today (4 juvenile females, 12 adult females and 11 males).
Harvest caps almost met on Upriver Lakes in second week of sturgeon spearing
With three days left of sturgeon spearing season on the Winnebago chain of lakes, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported that there have already been over 200 more fish harvested than last year.
Sturgeon spearing: Upriver Lakes near harvest caps, Lake Winnebago at 22% entering week 2
As of Feb. 16, the Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 successful spearers so far, with Upriver Lakes getting closer to its harvest cap.
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.
Massive sturgeon caught as spearing season opens on Winnebago
The lake sturgeon spearing season began with a substantial catch of 169 sturgeons across the Winnebago System.
Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing continues as anglers gather for day two of the season
Lake Winnebago welcomes anglers for day two of the sturgeon spearing season.Good Day Wisconsin spent day 2 of the sturgeon spearing sea
150.1 pound female harvested in Neenah among three 100+ pound sturgeons speared as season enters final days
The sturgeon spearing season will wrap up in the coming days, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) provided an update for February 19’s harvest totals. The harvest totals were low throughout the system,
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 ...
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Sturgeon spearing opens, Winnebago system's fourth-largest ever
Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday on the Winnebago system. The fourth-largest fish ever speared on the Winnebago system was speared on Saturday, according to the DNR. While ...
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Frigid temperatures keeps daily sturgeon spearing numbers low
(WTAQ-WLUK) — It was a frigid day out on the ice, as only 24 sturgeon were speared across the Upriver Lakes and Lake ...
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Sturgeon Spearing sees boost ahead of winter storm in Wisconsin
Friday’s sturgeon spearing numbers surged as participants anticipated the arrival of a winter storm expected to hit Friday ...
SKYFOX: Aerial views of sturgeon spearing, a time-honored tradition in Northeast Wisconsin
Sturgeon spearing is a cornerstone of culture in Northeast Wisconsin, and the SKYFOX drone is capturing the beloved tradition ...