The 2025 sturgeon spearing season yielded more than twice as many sturgeon as 2024. This is the 10th consecutive year the Lake Winnebago system has lasted the full 16-day season. The Upriver Lakes ...

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin DNR is reminding sturgeon spearers that the deadline to apply for an Upriver Lakes spearing tag for the 2026 season is Friday, Aug. 1. Due to the higher harvest ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- The deadline to apply for an Upriver Lakes spearing tag for the 2026 sturgeon spearing season is fast approaching. Due to the higher harvest rate associated with the Upriver Lakes ...

Lake sturgeon from Wisconsin have been stocked for the last 25 years in rivers in Georgia and Tennessee in an effort to restore the population in the southern portion of the species' range.

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding sturgeon spearers the deadline to apply for an Upriver Lakes spearing tag is due on Aug. 1, 2025. Due to the higher harvest ...

Federal wildlife officials have decided not to place lake sturgeon on the endangered species list, ensuring annual spearing seasons in Wisconsin and Michigan can continue. MADISON, Wis. — Lake ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI – These prehistoric, bucket-list game fish need protect this spring as they swim upstream to spawn. Volunteers are needed to stand guard against poaching as lake sturgeon make ...

SHIOCTON, Wis. (WBAY) - As we continue to inch into spring, the warmer temperatures mean sturgeon spawning is right around the corner. Every spring between mid-April and early May, thousands of people ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Even though 2025's sturgeon spearing season didn't crack 1,000 catches, its harvest is still close to average from the past 10 years. This year's season ended Feb. 23 with a total of ...