Jan. 20—NEW LONDON — Modern wheelhouses, electronics and even social media have brought dramatic changes to ice fishing, but the sport of spearing fish through the ice has largely remained immune to ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- The 2025 sturgeon spearing season is over, and by many accounts, it was a success. "This season seemed to be overall a really good season. We saw a lot of big fish. A lot of ...

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 ...

THINGS A LITTLE TRICKY FOR ANGLERS. ICE BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PERFECT WINTER RACING CONDITIONS, BUT CONDITIONS ARE LESS THAN PERFECT BELOW THE SURFACE, AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ...

(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.

It’s a new era...expect the unexpected. Like seesaw summer temperatures topping 100 degrees one day and into the 70s the next. Or half an inch of August rain. Overnight. (August?) And red hot coho ...

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 ...

FOND DU LAC – As sturgeon spearing season looms near, many spearers and spectators are hoping for more favorable ice conditions than last year. The sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 8 and continues ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WBAY) - Sturgeon spearing season is officially here! Zach Schrader is among more than 500 others who speared a sturgeon on opening day, “When something of this magnitude swims ...