The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds spearers interested in harvesting a lake sturgeon from Lake ...

FOND DU LAC – Sturgeon spearing season is almost here, but is the ice ready? This year's spearers will be cutting into the ice Feb. 7 in preparation for opening day of the sturgeon spearing season ...

All license holders must be at least 12 years old. However, military personnel home on leave during the spearing season and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 shanty ...

FOND DU LAC – As sturgeon spearing season looms near, many spearers and spectators are hoping for more favorable ice conditions than last year. The sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 8 and continues ...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- The lake sturgeon population is thriving and needs no protection, that's according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The federal agency announced, nearly four ...

Three Wisconsin congressmen have reintroduced a bill to keep the lake sturgeon in Wisconsin free from protections of the federal Endangered Species Act. The Sturgeon Protected and Exempt from Absurd ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - One of Wisconsin’s long-standing traditions, sturgeon spearing, gets underway on Saturday. Spearers call this the best ice in the last decade. Just last year, poor conditions ...

In anticipation of surviving my first winter back in Wisconsin, I had invested in a pair of brand new Sorrel boots, tall with fur on top… And now it was finally time for my new boots to meet their ...

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, which could ...