Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
Bodden says the state's sturgeon spearing industry brings in a total economic impact of over $200 million. John Quella speared this 92.3 pound, 72.5" sturgeon on Lake Poygan February 13, 2023.
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
Take advantage of the world's largest self sustaining Lake Sturgeon population & spear fishery. Rod-Bender Guide Services offers quality Sturgeon Shack Rentals on Lake Winnebago, with headquarters in Fond du Lac with WI. Gather your friends and participate in the unique season of Sturgeon Season, opening the second Saturday in February!
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
Spearing lake sturgeon on ice-covered Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin has a long and rich tradition. Jared Guelig, 22, of Fond du Lac has been spearing since he was 12 and his family has speared on Winnebago for 25 years. Guelig has taken several sturgeon over the years—including a 69-pounder—but the one he recently tagged on Feb. 17 is a true.
Sturgeon spearing preps on Lake Winnebago YouTube
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing for the sturgeon spearing season opener on Feb. 11, giving spearers a chance to harvest Wisconsin's largest and oldest fish species. With one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America, the Winnebago System supports an annual spearing season that.
WALTERS COLUMN Good time looking for sturgeon on Winnebago
3:47. Sturgeon spearing season's opening weekend brought in more than a quarter of the total sturgeon needed to meet the harvest cap in Lake Winnebago — and around 71% of the Upriver Lakes.
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
With the sun shining and mild temperatures with a high in the 40s, excitement was in the air across the Lake Winnebago System for opening day of the 2023 sturgeon spearing season. Spearer after.
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
The group is on Lake Winnebago for this trip! We join John and Logan Lynch (and family) for the opener of the 2021 Sturgeon Spearing season in Wisconsin. The group is on Lake Winnebago for this trip!
Sturgeon spearing continues on Lake Winnebago WLUK
The harvest caps for the 2022 spearing season were determined using the 2021 abundance estimates for the Winnebago System Lake Sturgeon population. We set harvest caps at 5% of the abundance estimates, and in 2021, we estimated there were 25,500 adult males and 15,000 adult females. The 2022 system-wide harvest caps were 400 juvenile females.
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
OSHKOSH - The Lake Winnebago ice whisperer has some good news and some bad news for people looking forward to sturgeon spearing season and other winter events on the lake. First, the good news.
Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Spearing Headquarters Opening Day Sturgeon
The 2024 sturgeon spearing season will open at 7 a.m. Feb. 10 and close Feb. 25, unless one of the harvest caps is reached earlier. Spearers can fish from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. each day the fishery is.
Ice Fisherman Spears Massive 177Pound Sturgeon Field & Stream
A spearing license is required to participate in sturgeon spearing. There are two fisheries: the Lake Winnebago fishery and the Upriver Lakes fishery - each require a separate license. Bag limit is 1 lake sturgeon per licensee, minimum length of 36 in. 2023 Season opens: February 11 at 7 am. 2023 Season closes: Lasts for 16 days OR until any.
Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing license deadline is Oct. 31
James Gishkowsky of Black Wolf registered the largest sturgeon of the season and the seventh-largest ever caught in the Lake Winnebago system Tuesday at Wendt's on the Lake in Van Dyne. During an.
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago YouTube
License: $20.00 Resident, $65.00 Non-Resident. radio, food, drink, camera. Spearing Information. The Winnebago system likely holds the largest natural sustaining lake sturgeon population in the world, and is used as an egg source for lake sturgeon re-introduction and rehabilitation projects throughout the fish's original North American range.
Lake Winnebago DNR hosts hearing on technology for sturgeon spearing
This makes 1,298 lake sturgeon harvested for the entire Winnebago system so far this season. The Pipe registration station continues to have the highest daily harvest, with 11 fish and 354 fish for the season. One of the nine fish was the 90.7 lbs., 77.9-inch F1 female speared by Russel Gulig.
Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago
Spearers head out on the ice at the start of the 2023 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 11, 2023, at Waverly Beach in Menasha, Wis. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.
Sturgeon spearing season continues on Lake Winnebago WLUK
The sturgeon spearing season runs for 16 days or until any pre-set harvest caps determined by the DNR are met, whichever comes first. This year the season opened Feb. 9 and ran until Feb. 24 on Lake Winnebago. But the "Lake Winnebago system" also includes the Upriver Lakes of Lakes Butte des Morts, Winneconne and Poygan.