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 ...

VAN DYNE, Wis. (WLUK) — Hayley Herzig, 22, has been sturgeon-spearing for six years but she didn't expect her first harvest to be larger than herself. "It was very exciting, did not feel real," said ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- Lake Winnebago welcomes anglers for day two of the sturgeon spearing season. Good Day Wisconsin spent day 2 of the sturgeon spearing season with the Otter Street Fishing Club.

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 ...

The lake sturgeon spearing season began with a substantial catch of 169 sturgeons across the Winnebago System. The season's opening day, marked by snowfall, attracted thousands of participants eager ...

Day 2 of sturgeon spearing season ended with 121 sturgeon caught, including 25 juvenile females, 34 adult females and 62 males, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This weekend ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WSAW) - Spearers took to the ice for the first time this weekend for the start of sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system. Thousands participated in the opening ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - The following information is from the DNR: Driving around Lake Winnebago, there are fewer and fewer shacks every day, but spearers taking to the ice continue to say that when ...

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 ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearers are finding clear pockets of water and bringing in heavy catches to start the 2025 season. Opening-day spearers took to the ice on a snowy Saturday, and the ...