With the warm temperatures melting much of the ice, it made for a unique recovery for Don Herman and his team.

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Many sturgeon spearers persevered through water clarity, weather and access issues on the Lake Winnebago ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season has gone down as the fifth-best harvest in the last 10 years. By comparison, 2024 was the ...

The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only one past 200 pounds.

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 ...

The latest northeast Wisconsin weather forecast from Storm Team 5… Light snow showers will be over the northwoods as ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued deadlines for the removal of ice shanties on area lakes. Shanties on ...

Hayley Herzig speared the 4th-largest sturgeon ever recorded in the Lake Winnebago, Wis. system with the prehistoric fish ...

Although no harvest caps were reached for the Winnebago system this year, 142 juvenile females, 322 adult females and 479 ...

The Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 successful spearers in the first nine days of the season. The Upriver Lakes is at about 78% of its harvest cap for male sturgeon. So far this season ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – In an ongoing battle against water clarity and weather, several sturgeon spearers are still finding success. As of Feb. 13, 481 total sturgeon have been harvested across the ...

This is the 10th consecutive year the Lake Winnebago system has lasted the full 16-day season. The Upriver Lakes only previously lasted the full season in 2024, 2020 and 2017. The average harvest ...