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Jason Reinke speared a 104.3-pound, 68.9-inch female on Lake Butte des Morts Saturday, and Jacob Disterhaft brought in a 110.7-pound, 71.2-inch sturgeon on Lake Winnebago Sunday.
The season yielded fewer than 1,000 total sturgeon, 552 from Lake Winnebago and 295 from the Upriver Lakes, and the final four days came and went without a single harvest.
The early season runs from April 24 to May 7 each year with the late season running from July 1 to September 30. Anglers must have a valid Minnesota fishing license and purchase a sturgeon tag to harvest a lake sturgeon. An annual sturgeon spearing season is open on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. It has changed from a 16-day season in the past to ...
The 2023 sturgeon season lasted 16 days on Lake Winnebago and 8 days on the Upriver Lakes. The DNR was involved Friday in a rescue of two people on Lake Poygan, according to DNR warden Chris Shea.
The Niagara Escarpment is a few miles east of Lake Winnebago. The softer Ordovician rocks that underlie the lake have eroded away, and the stronger Silurian rocks stand as a ridge that formed the lake basin. [6] In 1634, the French encountered the Ho-Chunk on the shores of Green Bay, inhabiting the area stretching to Lake Winnebago.
Regulated winter sturgeon spearing began in 1932 on Lake Winnebago and 1952 on the Upriver Lakes, and over the years, regulations such as season lengths and size minimums have shifted to address ...
The Winnebago system, including Wolf and Fox Rivers and associated lakes, is home to the largest population of Lake Sturgeon in the world. The sturgeon which spawn annually in the springtime in the Wolf River and its parent, the Fox River, between approximately April 15 and May 5, as they swim upstream from Lake Winnebago. It is estimated that ...
Once the waters of the Lake Winnebago system begin to harden and spearers start looking for the ideal location for their sturgeon spearing shanty, remember to check the 2023 chironomid report ...