Hayley Herzig speared her first Wisconsin sturgeon in February. It's a near-record and one of the biggest sturgeon ever ...

The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only ...

Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season opened Saturday on the Winnebago system, and the DNR said thousands of spearers took the ...

The system is just very healthy. It is now able to handle that number of big fish,” DNR sturgeon biologist Margaret Stadig said. The DNR reminders spearers that once they successfully spear a sturgeon ...

Sturgeon Spectacular kicks off Feb. 7 in its 10th year of 'celebrating winter and Really Big Fish' all weekend long with games and entertainment.

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — As the sturgeon spearing season rolls on, some of those taking to the ice are finding ...

The first weekend of sturgeon spearing is in the books, and the amount of sturgeon speared is reflective of water clarity ...

The move was not without debate. A story published in the May 11, 1916, edition of the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern said: "A big fat sturgeon was seen rubbing his back against one of the pilings ...

“The sonar was most helpful, and with experience it’s easy to tell what a sturgeon looks like on a sonar screen compared to a big pike or other fish.” At 7:05 a.m. that morning, just five ...