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.

Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday on the Winnebago system, and the DNR said thousands of spearers took the ice.

The Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday, Feb. 10 – but ice conditions kept many spearers off the ice for the initial harvest.

2025 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season ends The DNR said twice as many fish were harvested this year, which is more than twice the amount harvested last year.

A record-breaking sturgeon is caught as Winnebago's spearing season opens amid snowy conditions.

Fond du Lac to see snow for sturgeon spearing opener on Lake Winnebago. Here's how much. Fond du Lac County could see 1-2 inches of snow Saturday, the National Weather Service said.

Fond du Lac has a number of places to go and activities to check out during the sturgeon spearing season. Here's your guide to the area.

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.

STOCKBRIDGE - A cold wind blew across Lake Winnebago on the last day of sturgeon spearing season. A few pickup trucks pulled away from the Harbor Bar & Grill in Stockbridge with shanties hitched ...