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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 the extent of the Lake Sturgeon has dropped to about one-tenth of its population in the state since year 1800.
Lake sturgeon congregate in the shallows of the Wolf River on April 14 near Shiocton. The fish are gathering in the area to spawn.
Warm February weather contributed to poor ice and a low sturgeon harvest for 2024, but the DNR says warm winters have more effect on spring spawning.
55-56925 [5] GNIS feature ID. 1570226 [2] Website. www.newlondonwi.org. New London is a city in Outagamie and Waupaca counties Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1851, [6] the population was 7,295 at the 2010 census. Of this, 5,685 were in Waupaca County, and 1,640 were in Outagamie County. The city has an annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade ...
Fishing for lake sturgeon in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan is not a threat to the ancient species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) concluded in its decision not to list the giant fish ...
In order for spawning to occur, water temperature should be above 17 °C (63 °F). Spawning normally lasts between nine and twenty-three days, but can continue past this as long as the water temperature remains below 22 °C (72 °F). [10] Free sturgeon embryos (the first interval of sturgeon after hatching) hide under rocks and do not migrate ...
The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.
A large percentage of adult sturgeon will be concentrated in a small spawning area along the rocky riverbanks where they are almost oblivious to nearby human activity making them susceptible to ...