The sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago begins Feb. 8 and lasts for 16 days, unless harvest caps are met sooner. Water clarity is lower than ideal this year, averaging 5.35 feet ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearers are finding clear pockets of water and bringing in heavy catches to start the 2025 season. Opening-day spearers took to the ice on a snowy Saturday ...

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 ...

It’ll be good ice and no fishy business this year.