Sturgeon spearing daily report – February 14, 2015
 
Well the weather forecast was pretty accurate for the opening day of the 2015 sturgeon spearing season.  As forecasted, we had very cold conditions and strong winds which led to very poor visibility for travel on Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes.  Ed Culhane from the DNR was out on Lake Winnebago this morning and captured a couple of photos of the blustery conditions
Despite the poor visibility on the lake, spearers were still able to find bountiful harvests on opening day of the season (attachment “Harvest_2-14-2015”).  The stations with the largest volume of fish registered were Stockbridge, Payne’s Point, Wendt’s, Quinney, and Calumet Harbor.  The north shore stations of Waverly Beach and Harrison Town Hall combined to register 37 fish.  A total of 13 fish 100 pounds or larger were harvested from Lake Winnebago today as well with the largest being 127.3 pound, 76.4” female speared by Gregory Harma and registered at Payne’s Point
Here is the myfishingpartner opening day Video!