Hayley Herzig speared the 4th-largest sturgeon ever recorded in the Lake Winnebago, Wis. system with the prehistoric fish ...

The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only one past 200 pounds.

Big picture view Luck struck many spearers ... from FOX6 News By the numbers The Wisconsin DNR said a total of 169 lake sturgeon were speared throughout the system on this opening day: 19 juvenile ...

There are occasional reports from anglers of catching sturgeon approaching 60 inches in length. Some reports indicate that ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Many sturgeon spearers persevered through water clarity, weather and access issues on the Lake Winnebago ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season yielded more than twice as many sturgeon as 2024. This is the 10th consecutive year the ...

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website, the Winnebago system holds one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America and one of just two where lake sturgeon ...

The largest sturgeon ever speared in the Lake Winnebago system was Ronald Grishaber's 212.2-pound catch from 2010. Dave Piechowski holds the second-place record from one of the shortest sturgeon ...

When lake sturgeon were restocked in Big Stone Lake in 2014, it was estimated that in five years' time, some of the fish could reach 30 inches in length. Ten years later, the Minnesota Department ...

It is the fourth-largest sturgeon ever speared in the Lake Winnebago system. Other record-breakers: Remember when Ronald Grishaber snagged a 212-pound sturgeon in 2010? Here are Lake Winnebago's ...