sturgeon, Lake Winnebago and spearers

Snow continues to impact slow first half of sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago
Saturday marked the official halfway point to sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago System, and after an evening and full morning of snow, the slow season continued. Officials with the Wisconsin DNR stated that only 24 lake sturgeon were harvest from Lake Winnebago on February 15,
Sturgeon spearers finding success on Lake Winnebago with 481 harvested entering second weekend
Despite weather and poor water clarity, spearers are still finding success in the Lake Winnebago system. Almost 30 sturgeon have exceeded 100 pounds.
Sturgeon spearing opening weekend saw 4th-largest fish, 3,340 shacks on Lake Winnebago
The Payne’s Point Bar & Grill registration station in Neenah processed the most sturgeon of the day for Lake Winnebago with 25 fish, followed by the Downtown Oshkosh station with 21. The Poygan station led the way for the Upriver Lakes with 53 sturgeon registered.
Sturgeon spearing season opens on Lake Winnebago Saturday. Water clarity may be an issue.
The sturgeon spearing season opens on the Lake Winnebago system Feb. 8 as fishing clubs monitor ice, but the water clarity is less than stellar.
Large sturgeon continue to be caught despite slow start to spearing season on Lake Winnebago
Harvest continues to be slow on the Lake Winnebago System as sturgeon spearing season closes in on its first week, although several 100-pounders were caught on Thursday. The Wisconsin DNR stated in a release that a total of 20 lake sturgeon were harvested on February 13,
For the First Time in Years, It Looks Like Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Season Drama-Free
It’ll be good ice and no fishy business this year.
Sturgeon spearing opens, Winnebago system's fourth-largest ever
Luck struck many spearers on Lake Winnebago, including Hayley Herzig who on Saturday speared the fourth-largest fish ever on the Winnebago system with an F4 female that weighed 180.5 pounds and measured 79.3 inches long.
169 sturgeon speared throughout Lake Winnebago system on 2025 opening day
Opening day of sturgeon spearing season proved successful for dozens of spearers on Saturday, with a total of 169 speared between Lake Winnebago and the upriver
Remember when Ronald Grishaber snagged a 212-pound sturgeon in 2010? Here are Lake Winnebago's heaviest hitters.
The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only ...
Near-Record Sturgeon Pulled Through the Ice Was So Big It Took Two Spears to Land
Hayley Herzig speared her first Wisconsin sturgeon in February. It's a near-record and one of the biggest sturgeon ever ...
The Reporter (Fond du Lac) on MSN2d
'Fish of a lifetime': Woman spears 4th-largest ever sturgeon, bigger than her own body
Hayley Herzig speared the 4th-largest sturgeon ever recorded in the Lake Winnebago, Wis. system on Saturday with the ...
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180 pound sturgeon almost sets record
Hayley Herzig's Winnebago sturgeon weighed more than 180 pounds, and it took four people more than 20 minutes to haul it ...