Longest Sturgeon Ever Harvested on Lake Winnebago 2/13/18
The big question coming into today was how long the spear fishery on the Upriver Lakes would last. We were only 2 adult females away from the 90% trigger and 11 adult females from the [...]
Day 3 Recap – Winnebago Sturgeon Spearing
Spearers harvested 109 fish from the Winnebago System today with 48 coming from Lake Winnebago and 61 from the Upriver Lakes. This included 2 very nice fish, one from Lake Winnebago and one from the [...]
2018 Sturgeon Spearing Preview and Predictions on Lake Winnebago
By Mark Schram, myfishingpartner.com The 2018 Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing season begins Feb. 10th and will run until Feb. 25, 2018 or when harvest caps are met. Last year was an average season: warm [...]
Sturgeon Spawning in high gear in Shiocton, WI
The 2017 sturgeon spawning run is underway and we had two crews out tagging fish today. One crew handled 138 fish at Bamboo Bend in Shiocton and the other crew handled 140 fish at the [...]
History of the Upriver Lakes Sturgeon Spear Fishery and Trends in the Modern Era
Ryan Koenigs, Winnebago System Sturgeon Biologist, 26 February 2017 Winnebago System sturgeon spearers may be aware of the current lottery fishery held annually on the Upriver Lakes (Lakes Butte des Morts, Winneconne, and Poygan), [...]
Mid-Season Sturgeon Report – Lake Winnebago
Day 7 of the 2017 sturgeon spearing season is in the books with a total harvest of 31 fish (25 from Lake Winnebago and 6 from the Upriver Lakes). As expected, harvest numbers continue [...]
2017 Sturgeon Spearing Preview and Predictions
By Mark Schram, myfishingpartner.com The 2017 Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing season is set to begin Feb 11th and will run until Feb 26, 2017 or when harvest caps are met. This annual event, held [...]
New Changes to Sturgeon Spearing 2017
Happy New Year, hopefully 2017 will be a great year for everyone! The beginning of a new year means that the upcoming sturgeon spearing season is only a little over a month away, getting underway [...]
Deadline for Lake Winnebago and Upriver Lakes sturgeon License looms
MADISON - The deadline to purchase sturgeon spearing licenses for the 2017 Lake Winnebago and Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing seasons is Oct. 31, with assessments from earlier this year indicating spearers will have a shot [...]
Sturgeon Spawning Update – Wolf River WI
The warm temperatures today really spiked spawning activity on the Wolf River and I now anticipate that there will be fish spawning from Leeman all the way downstream to New London tomorrow. Our crew [...]