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 ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- With about 12,000 license holders expected to take part during the season, spearing sturgeon is part of "How WI Live" in Wisconsin -- and on Lake Winnebago, the 16-day ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- Taking to the frozen waters and doing some sturgeon spearing is a unique part of "How WI Live" in Northeast Wisconsin, and on parts of Lake Winnebago, the race was on Thursday ...

Successful spearers on the Lake Winnebago system so far number 481, despite poor water clarity and weather. The Pipe registration station on the southeast part of Lake Winnebago is closed, as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FOND DU LAC – Sturgeon spearing season is almost upon us, drawing not only spearers, but also spectators watching the ice for the day's catches, wondering whose is going to be the biggest. "Folks are ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WBAY) - The DNR is reporting a total of 169 lake sturgeon speared on Saturday. That number is composed of 19 juvenile females, 57 adult females, and 93 males. Despite the poor ...

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 ...