A mix of outdoors stories from Wisconsin, including information on the Lake Winnebago system 2026 sturgeon-spearing season.

(WLUK) -- Tuesday was the slowest day of the year for sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says 14 sturgeon were speared on the lake, the lowest in a ...

All license holders must be at least 12 years old. However, military personnel home on leave during the spearing season and ...

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, as the ...

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. A lot of ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Past the halfway point of the sturgeon spearing season, this year's harvest caps have a way to go. As of Feb. 16, the Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 total successful spearers so ...

SINCE 1880. VERY LONG TIME WISCONSIN STURGEON SEASON IS IN THE BOOKS. THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REPORTS 943 FISH WERE HARVESTED OVER THE 16 DAY SEASON. THEY SAY NO HARVEST CAPS WERE MET ON ...

As of Feb. 20, 752 sturgeon have been harvested from the Lake Winnebago system. The Pipe, North Winnebago and Winneconne registration stations are closed. Warmer temperatures are expected for the ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - The following information is from the DNR: Driving around Lake Winnebago, there are fewer and fewer shacks every day, but spearers taking to the ice continue to say that when ...

FOND DU LAC – The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition has produced some massive prehistoric fish, and some records haven't been broken in about 15 years. The 2010 spearing season was ...

The largest sturgeon ever speared in the Lake Winnebago system was Ronald Grishaber's 212.2-pound catch from 2010. Dave Piechowski holds the second-place record from one of the shortest sturgeon ...