THEY SAY NO HARVEST CAPS WERE MET ON LAKE WINNEBAGO THIS YEAR, BUT 63 FIS The 2025 Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season has ended.According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago began with successful catches and improved ice conditions compared to the previous year. Spearers brought in a total of 290 sturgeon over the ...

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 ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported 36 total sturgeon speared on the Winnebago system. Of those, 31 were speared on Lake Winnebago: 18 adult females, nine males and four ...

The Lake Winnebago system has seen 640 successful spearers in the first nine days of the season. The Upriver Lakes is at about 78% of its harvest cap for male sturgeon. So far this season ...