Excitement builds for spearers ahead of the Feb. 9 Lake Winnebago System Sturgeon Season opener – Weekly News

Contact(s): Ryan Koenigs, DNR Lake Winnebago sturgeon biologist, [email protected], 920-303-5450

OSHKOSH, Wis. – February marks the most wonderful time of the year for sturgeon spearers as Wisconsin’s season opens Feb. 9 on the Lake Winnebago system.

The Winnebago System is home to one of the world’s largest self-sustaining populations of lake sturgeon, with…