The 2025 sturgeon spearing season has gone down as the fifth-best harvest in the last 10 years. By comparison, 2024 was the ...

After this weekend, sturgeon spearing will close, marking a disappointing season for many, but a memorable season for all.

The bait is similar to plastic worms and baits ... have wracked up over a million views and continue to go up. Spearing fish through the ice predates angling. For thousands of years, this style ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Many sturgeon spearers persevered through water clarity, weather and access issues on the Lake Winnebago ...

the fourth-largest fish ever speared in the Winnebago system. Event guide: In Fond du Lac for sturgeon spearing? Here's your guide on what to do and where to eat. The opening weekend aerial shanty ...

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 ...

Each tribal fishing season, tribal citizens harvest using various methods, including spearing and netting. The harvest usually begins shortly after the ice melts, typically by mid-April.

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season yielded more than twice as many sturgeon as 2024. This is the 10th consecutive year the Lake Winnebago system has lasted the full 16-day season. The Upriver Lakes ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO — A sturgeon spearing season of avoiding giant holes in the ice and fishing in T-shirts is almost at an end. The last day to spear is Feb. 26, and continued mild temperatures and ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system ... Meanwhile, Verhagen's fish was well past spawning age at an estimated 70 to 100 years old, where a sturgeon reaches sexual ...