Sturgeon spearing season is a long-standing tradition in Wisconsin, and last year’s ice conditions made spearing more than difficult.

Many people are gearing up for a busy weekend on and around the ice in the Fox Valley. In Oshkosh, one Lake Winnebago ...

Sturgeon spearing will kick off its 2025 season in Wisconsin Feb. 8. Here's what to know about this year's regulations and ...

Despite this extended period of bitterly cold weather here in northeast Wisconsin, local authorities continue to urge caution ...

The goal is to restore a wild, self-sustaining lake sturgeon population in the urban river that runs up the northeast side of ...

Lake Winnebago is almost entirely solid as a rock following what's been a cold January so far, but warmer weather is on the ...

Just in time for sturgeon spearing season, The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office has a new rescue airboat that will be ...

A combination of water resources and dedicated people have succeeded in helping lake sturgeon thrive while they have failed ...

This included 302 from Lake Winnebago and 130 from the Upriver Lakes, marking one of few years where the Upriver Lakes season lasted the full 16 days. Related:While 2024 sturgeon spearing had ...

As fish stories go, this one is hard to beat. An ancient gentle giant of the seas presumed to be headed for extinction a little more than a century ago. Almost all 27 of its species to this day on ...

The sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 8 and continues ... 797 adult females and 1,252 males. For Lake Winnebago, the caps are broken down to 280 juvenile females, 717 adult females and 1,002 ...

Related: While 2024 sturgeon spearing had unlucky results, warm winters have more of an effect on spring spawning A fish harvested from Lake Winnebago must be registered at one of the registration ...