(WLUK) -- The second weekend of sturgeon spearing came to a close on Sunday with a more bountiful harvest than was seen Saturday. Between the Upriver Lakes and Lake Winnebago, 58 total sturgeon ...

Females are reported to spawn once every two to 11 years. FEEDING: White sturgeon are bottomfeeders. They will eat almost any available organism; though they feed mostly on fish, they also eat ...

FOND DU LAC – The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition has produced some massive prehistoric fish, and some records haven't been broken in about 15 years. The 2010 spearing season ...

One of 17 sturgeon species belonging to the Acipenser ... consume any aquatic animal that can be swallowed, while the young feed on insects, larvae, and organic compounds. The sturgeons ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system saw a total of 943 sturgeon harvested. The Upriver Lakes season almost reached its harvest cap, with 230 out of 250 male sturgeon ...

The Upriver Lakes is at about 78% of its harvest cap for male sturgeon. So far this season, 38 harvested sturgeon have weighed over 100 pounds. LAKE WINNEBAGO – Past the halfway point of the ...

Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...