The conclusion of the Sturgeon Spearing Season has come on Lake Winnebago, and the lake’s attention now turns to the annual Battle on ‘Bago. Overall, ice conditions are excellent with about 20-22 inches of ice. [...]
Well the 2015 sturgeon spearing season is now complete and I think this season will be looked upon fondly by many spearers. Today was by far the nicest weather of the season, which was a [...]
By Mark Schram, myfishingpartner.com “The weatherman said….” is the only way to start this story: partly cloudy and 25 degrees with variable winds of 10-15 mph. The weatherman could not have been more wrong. Chase [...]
Well I figured we would be close to the 90% trigger on Lake Winnebago after today’s harvest as we were only 63 adult females away from that mark. However, today’s harvest of 52 adult females [...]
The 5th day of the 2015 sturgeon spearing season is in the books with a total harvest of 166 fish (152 from Lake Winnebago and 14 from the Upriver Lakes). The largest fish harvested today [...]
Day 4 of the 2015 spearing season is in the books with a total harvest of 218 fish (191 from Lake Winnebago and 27 from the Upriver Lakes). Coming into today we were 8 adult [...]
Red Worms or Gizzard Shad: A Further Investigation of Sturgeon Diets If you have been at one of the 11 DNR sturgeon registration stations during the 2015 sturgeon spearing season you have likely heard the [...]
Day 3 of the 2015 spear fishery has come and gone and the harvest continues to stay strong. Spearers harvested a total of 233 fish from Lake Winnebago today, while the Upriver Lakes harvest included [...]
Sturgeon spearing summary report - February 15, 2015 - Day 2 Well spearers were once again met with cold conditions on day 2 of the 2015 spearing season, but at least the winds had died [...]
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 [...]
