(WFRV) – Sturgeon spearing season is here and officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources say the opening weekend saw 290 fish harvested on Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes.

Here's the thing, though. Hundreds of people gather each year on the Winnebago System, which encompasses lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts and Poygan, to set up ice spearing shanties and wait for a ...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A deadline to potentially put lake sturgeon on the endangered species list is approaching. If that happens, many Wisconsinites are worried this change could impact one ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) --Opening weekend of sturgeon spearing is in the books, but there hasn't been much luck by spearers to begin the season. Dozens of pop-up tents and shanties sat on top of the ice on ...

Q: I understand that I can now have a hook in the water in my dark house if I am spearing. The regulation is this: You also may take fish by angling or with a tip-up if you use only one line. All fish ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WKOW) - According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) tells 27 News that as of February 16th, a total of around 1,000 fish have been harvested since the season ...

FOND DU LAC — How bad can a sturgeon spearing season get under unfavorable conditions? Single-digits bad. Regulated winter sturgeon spearing began in 1932 on Lake Winnebago and 1952 on the Upriver ...

Sturgeon spearing season in Wisconsin starts on the second Saturday in February every year and marks the start of a 16-day season in the Winnebago system. This year's season starts on Saturday, Feb.

Big game issues and discussions about chronic wasting disease and epizootic hemorrhagic disease – known as CWD and EHD, for short – and their impact on North Dakota deer herds dominated the agenda ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department requires darkhouse spearing participants to possess a valid fishing license (age 16 and older) and first register on the Game and Fish website at ...

The proposal from the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Commission is in response to a petition submitted by spearfishermen. The group will evaluate whether to adopt the proposal at its meeting next ...