The 2026 sturgeon spearing season closed Feb. 16 on the Upriver Lakes and Feb. 23 on Lake Winnebago. Spearers harvested a total of 1,540 sturgeon from the entire system, a significant increase from ...

The sturgeon spearing season on Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago system is closing early for the first time since 2015. The closure was triggered after spearers reached 90% of the harvest cap for adult ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. -- The annual Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season is coming to an early end, after the harvest cap for adult female sturgeon was met on the Lake Winnebago system. Wisconsin DNR ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WBAY) - The sturgeon spearing season is into its 2nd weekend, and the DNR is reporting that the harvest is spread pretty evenly across the lake. On Saturday, 34 lake sturgeon ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- It's a time-honored tradition and part of "How WI Live" in Northeast Wisconsin, and as sturgeon spearing season rolls on, many people are finding success. But what is the ...

CHEBOYGAN, MI – A nearly 80-pound fish isn’t the most impressive catch this year’s Sturgeon King has speared. Jordan Guelig, of Wisconsin, was named Sturgeon King of the 2026 Black Lake sturgeon ...

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NORTHEAST, Wis. (WBAY) - Another 111 lake sturgeon were harvested on Lake Winnebago during day four of the spearing season, bringing the total system harvest to 1,371 fish. The day’s harvest included ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearing's opening weekend attracted more than 3,000 shanties to the Lake Winnebago system, hauling in 1 ...