A couple consecutive years with poor ice and low water clarity would decimate funding for the program if there was a later ...

Sturgeon spearing season is one month away.

A mix of outdoors stories from Wisconsin, including information on the 2026 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season.

(WFRV) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released the 2026 sturgeon spearing regulations, outlining season ...

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, and the ...

(WLUK) -- The 2025 sturgeon spearing season reached its one-week mark Friday, and it was a better day for those who took to the ice on the Winnebago system. In total, there were 65 sturgeon harvested ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- With about 12,000 license holders expected to take part during the season, spearing sturgeon is part of "How WI Live" in Wisconsin -- and on Lake Winnebago, the 16-day ...

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 spearers so ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - The DNR said spearers were met with calm winds and sunshine for the third day of the 2025 spearing season. As usual, with the coming weekdays, the DNR said harvest has dropped ...

Successful spearers on the Lake Winnebago system so far number 481, despite poor water clarity and weather. The Pipe registration station on the southeast part of Lake Winnebago is closed, as the ...

The Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 successful spearers in the first nine days of the season. The Upriver Lakes is at about 78% of its harvest cap for male sturgeon. So far this season, 38 ...