Wisconsin 2018 Lake Winnebago Sturgeon Spearing Season Opens Feb 10
by TBC Press on 01/31/18Family, friends, big fish and fun are on tap Feb. 10 for the opening day of sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system. The Winnebago System is home to the world's largest self-sustaining population of lake sturgeon, with an estimated 19,000 adult females and 24,000 adult males, and a unique spearing season dating back more than 85 years. As always, water clarity and ice conditions determine spearer success, and we won't definitively know conditions until... READ MORE
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