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

By Shereen Siewert As the Ojibwe spring spearfishing season approaches, Wisconsin state officials are reminding residents ...

The rules prohibit taking a number of different shell fish like the Alakuma, or 7-11 crab, Slipper and Spiny Lobsters, the Horned Helmet, and Triton’s Trumpet. Also banned is nighttime spear ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system ... Meanwhile, Verhagen's fish was well past spawning age at an estimated 70 to 100 years old, where a sturgeon reaches sexual ...

In total, 943 fish were harvested ... The 2025 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season has ended. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, on Feb. 23 on Lake Winnebago ...

The ban was initially put in place in February last year following two illegal spear fishing incidents — which had nothing to do with then-legal line fishing — and had been widely criticised ...

but always check with the fishing clubs locally to you to see if your landing is good or not," she said. Share your sturgeon spearing successes with us here: From snowmobiles to UTVs to larger ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- The 2025 sturgeon spearing season is over, and by many accounts, it was a success. "This season seemed to be overall a really good season. We saw a lot of big fish.

Related: Sturgeon spearing: Upriver Lakes near harvest caps ... The DNR recommends checking with local fishing clubs for up-to-date information on ice and other conditions before heading out ...