Call 1-888-936-7463 (TTY Access via relay - 711) from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 2023 Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing Regulations, Lake Winnebago Water Clarity Report, 2023, View the full details in todays harvest report, Click here to view the full Day 13 Harvest Report, Click here to view the full Day 12 Harvest Report, View the full details in today's harvest report, Young of year Gizzard Shad abundances in Lake Winnebago during the Lake Winnebago trawl assessment, View the full details in today's full harvest report, Click here to view the full Day 8 Harvest Report, Check out the Heavy Hitters Club, the largest fish speared over 170 pounds on the Lake Winnebago system since 1941, Sign up for Winnebago System sturgeon spearing updates, Explaining the Increasing Trend in Support for Underwater Cameras for Sturgeon Spearing on the Lake Winnebago System, What you need to know about tagging your sturgeon, Winnebago System sturgeon spearing successful spearer list 2023, Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season summary, 2022, Winnebago System sturgeon spearing season summary, 2021, Winnebago System sturgeon stock assessment report, 2022, Winnebago System chironomid assessment report, 2022. While she stayed off the DNRs radar during this time, in 1977, Sturgeon for Tomorrows founders were creating an organization to protect her and other Winnebago sturgeon. The minimum spearing age is 12 years old. The season on the Upriver Lakes is closed. Fifty-four fish were harvested from Lake Winnebago (5 juvenile females, 28 adult females, 21 males) and 7 from the Upriver Lakes (0 juvenile females, 3 adult females, 4 males). Congratulations to all our successful spearers today! The season on Lake Winnebago has lasted the full 16 days since 2016, but the years 2000, 2001 and 2004 are tied for the shortest season at two days. Locations with drive-thru options are marked in red. (WFRV) - Day eight of sturgeon spearing season proved to be a bit more fruitful for spearers out on Lake Winnebago. Lake sturgeon spearing is highly regulated in Wisconsin, with limited numbers collected annually in the Winnebago system. Winnebago System sturgeon spearing webpage, Office of Communications connects journalists with DNR experts. Mild weather adds to celebrations on opening day of sturgeon spearing season, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I called him up, and I said, Sean I need some help over here.'. As part of the registration process, the DNR is looking for Lake Sturgeon that have been previously tagged. The annual sturgeon spearing season kicks off at 7 a.m. on Saturday and runs for 16 days or until set harvest caps are reached. There were plenty of big fish to see this season, with 46 fish over 100 pounds for the season (9 fish from the Upriver Lakes and 37 fish from Lake Winnebago). The first modern sturgeon spearing season kicked off back in 1932, and the tradition has remained strong ever since. All license holders must be a minimum of 12 years old. Joe Sheilds speared a 125.6 lbs., 73.4 inches, F4 female. Published Feb 16, 2023 3:37 PM EST. According to the Wisconsin Department of . Track the rest of the season online here. LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WBAY) - Sturgeon spearing season is officially here! MADISON, Wis. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing for the sturgeon spearing season opener on Feb. 11, giving spearers a chance to harvest Wisconsins largest and oldest fish species. Access points near Indian Point made it difficult to access the lake. But for those that found safe ice, the fish were there and seemed to be plentiful. If you're interested in making a tax-deductible donation please. The season opens Feb. 11, 2023, for Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes of Butte des Morts, Winneconne and Poygan. We will continue to keep you posted on what stations are opened or closed. The Pipe registration station continues to have the highest daily harvest, with 11 fish and 354 fish for the season. Click here to view the full Day 12 Harvest Report. We dont want anybody to lose their life over a fish.. Continue to be safe if you are headed back out tomorrow. We will continue to post updates on what stations are open or closed. The species is characterized by its heavy, torpedo-shaped body and thick armor arranged in five rows along its flanks and back. fishing. There are two spearfishing opportunities for lake sturgeon on the Winnebago System. Your safety is a top priority. If the 90% trigger is hit, there will only be one more day to spear after that. Fish and Wildlife Service have positively impacted lake sturgeon recovery efforts across North America. Tomorrow, the Quinney registration station on Lake Winnebago and the Poygan registration station on the Upriver Lakes will be closed. Its a family atmosphere. With the warm temperatures, today was again a slow day for spearing on the Winnebago system. The staff managed to recapture one sturgeon from 2004 in 2012, and though the fish aren't weighed in the spring, its pre-spawn weight was estimated to grow to240 pounds. This fish was speared by Anthony Bovee. For females, stages F1 and F2 indicate a fish that was not ready to spawn this year or even next. 7.2K views 1 year ago On this weeks semi live we join Aaron Skrzypczak on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin as him and his whole group try and spear the elusive lake sturgeon. Locations can be found in the sturgeon spearing regulation packet or on the DNR's sturgeon spearing webpage. Updated: Feb 20, 2022 / 12:48 PM CST. They both stayed outside the hole. Young of year Gizzard Shad abundances in Lake Winnebago during the Lake Winnebago trawl assessment. From these movement data, we can answer questions about seasonal migrations, river residency and spawning habits. Review the 2023 Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing Regulationsfor the upcoming season. Gishkowsky, who lives on the lake, said hes having the sturgeons roe processed into caviar, and hell be smoking the meat. Proving that you dont need a fancy decoy to attract a sturgeon, Chuck Wagner of Algoma lured a sturgeon close enough to spear with a homemade painted piece of PVC pipe. This female was an F4 or black egg fish. The Gizzard Shad population during the Winnebago trawl assessment saw a small uptick in densities but nothing compared to previous boom years. The first modern sturgeon fishery took place in 1932. Applicants authorized for an Upriver Lakes tag have until the start of the spearing season to purchase a license and cannot purchase one for Lake Winnebago. The biggest fish harvested was a 75.4 lbs., F1, female that measured 67.1 inches long, speared by Anthony Woelfel. This will likely mean the ice will continue to change. Small fish means more new fish are growing in the population. These efforts have helped strengthen and grow sturgeon populations nationwide, including in Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky. In 1980, she saw the introduction of the first flip-top portable canvas ice shanty. This was the lowest harvest day this season, bringing the total to 1,020 Lake Sturgeon harvested for Lake Winnebago and 1,305 for the entire Winnebago system so far this season. The lake is 35 miles long. While only 5 fish harvested today were over 100 pounds, Samuel OConnell speared a gigantic 162.6 lbs., 76.1 inches, F4 female on Lake Poygan. The DNRs involvement in lake sturgeon rehabilitation programs and partnerships with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and the U.S. It was another slow day with 11 fish harvested on Lake Winnebago no juvenile females, 5 adult females and 6 males. There is no residency requirement for participating in the sturgeon spearing season, but license holders are predominantly Wisconsin residents residing within 60 miles of the Winnebago system. The validated tag must stay with the sturgeon until presented at a DNR-operated registration station. There were 169 lake sturgeon harvested Upriver (20 juvenile females, 46 adult females and 103 males) and 353 harvested on Lake Winnebago (35 juvenile females, 171 adult females and 147 males). It's sturgeon spearfishing season in Wisconsin, and the shanties are inhabited by those hoping to spear a beast of a sturgeon. 2004 also nearly heldthe record for largest harvest within the caps, at 1,854 sturgeon, but 2015 beat it out with 1,870. Its right on the border of 12 inches, 13 inches. For those headed back onto the ice tomorrow, be sure to put safety first. Locations can be found in the sturgeon season regulation packet or on the DNR sturgeon spearing webpage. With our big trucks we like to have at least 12 or more, Herman said. During the 2022 season, 12,694 people purchased spearing licenses and spearers harvested 1,519 sturgeon from the entire Winnebago System. Only one sturgeon speared on the Lake Winnebago system has weighed in at over 200 pounds, butthe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says that record could soon be shattered. The effort pays off for individual spearers as well: existing sturgeon now have a better opportunity to grow older and older and bigger and bigger. Korey Krupp speared the largest sturgeon from Lake Winnebago with a 135.5-pound, 76.1-inch female. Contact:Ryan Koenigs, DNR Winnebago sturgeon biologistRyan.Koenigs@wisconsin.gov or 920-420-7444. F4 female fish is a female that is full of eggs and would have spawned this year (spring 2023). Congrats Samuel! With so many big fish registered this year, many might have noticed that these larger individuals look slightly different from younger Lake Sturgeon in the population. Published Feb 18, 2017 2:30 AM EST. Harvest caps for the 2021 Winnebago system spearing season are set at 430 juvenile females, 950 adult females and 1,200 males. The two largest fish speared on the system in 2020 were just 70 lbs. The social and traditional aspects of the sport keep most people coming back year after year. The survey also asked about spearers' involvement in sturgeon management with the WCC or other committees, as well as general knowledge of lake sturgeon life history. It won't be long before spring become summerand Sign up for the Field & Stream newsletter and get the latest intelligence straight to your inbox. In 2022, the longest fish speared was an 83.6-inch female weighing 157.5 pounds. In 2013, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was asked about using cameras in the sturgeon hole during the sturgeon spearing season. Part of the scope statement included sending one final survey in 2021 to determine the growing interest in technology during the spearing season. Pete Halbach was another successful spearer Upriver today. It was great seeing everyone back at the regular registration stations; we enjoyed being able to celebrate with you and hear your spearing stories. Wherever theres a crowd, theres someone trying to figure out an angle on how to make a buck. They also have registered the most fish over 100 pounds. While this fish might not be the heaviest of the year, at 80.5 inches, this is a long fish. Copyright 2023 WBAY. The largest fish this season was a 177.3 pound, 79.9 inches, F4 female that was speared on Lake Winnebago and registered at the Southwest Winnebago registration station. Follow her on Twitter at @daphlemke. Hes like three miles out in the lake. Gishkowsky used a seven-tine detachable spearhead affixed to an 8-foot pole to spear the monster fish before Wendts gaffed it and hauled it out of the ice. Ice conditions, however, likely prevented many from participating this year. Only 3,100 shacks were counted during Saturdays aerial counts, down significantly from the almost 6,000 shacks last year. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), the fish weighed a whopping 177.3 pounds and measured 79.9 inches in length or 6.6 feet. Congratulations to all successful spearers. In 2020, the biggest fish snagged from the Upriver Lakes was140pounds and 75 inches, speared byVincent Catania of North Fond du Lac, but 2021 beat that catch by over 10 pounds with Steven Lenz's 154.5-pound,78.2-inch sturgeon from Lake Poygan. In Lake Winnebago, 1995 saw the largest sturgeon harvest between 1941 and 2020, reporting 3,173 sturgeon speared during the season, before the harvest caps were implemented, according to the DNR. This lake sturgeon was approximately 83 years old and had lived through a lot. The next season was held in 2005, which was the shortest for the area only one day and was strategically set out of concern for overharvesting. For up-to-date details and numbers throughout the season, visitdnr.wisconsin.gov. This fish was speared by Kenneth Rach. Southwest Winnebago had four fish registered, the highest on the lake today. Of these fish, 1,169 sturgeon were harvested from Lake Winnebago, resulting in a success rate of 9.6%, making it the second-highest success rate in seven years. Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes remain slow. A darkened shack or enclosure is required for better visibility. There is a big difference, Don Herman of Sunk? This reproductive stage is called F6. Its these smaller fish (generally 55 inches or smaller) that will one day replace the larger fish. Both resident and nonresident licenses can be purchased through the GoWild system or at any license sales location. I think I see a few less shacks out there. We are halfway through the season. Decoy types are unlimited if they don't involve any artificial lights (glow sticks are illegal) or hooks. This was the first year since 2020 that registration stations were back to supper clubs and other businesses, after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift to drive-thru stations. Today, another large female was speared just off of downtown Oshkosh. If you are headed out tomorrow good luck and, as always, be safe. The water body has one of North America's largest lake sturgeon populations. This winter event is rich in tradition, and 2021 will be another year for spearers to uphold or create new traditions in pursuit of the fish of a lifetime.. It was good enough that spearers reported seeing the bottom in many locations around Lake Winnebago. Call 1-888-936-7463 (TTY Access via relay - 711) from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. With one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America, the Winnebago System supports an annual spearing season that will run for a maximum of 16 days (Feb. 26) or until any of the predetermined harvest caps have been met. People are also reading OUR VIEW: 6 big reasons to vote today There were no 100 lb. There were 3 fish harvested today over 100 pounds. Season Photos Sturgeon spearing in Wisconsin is a sport rich in tradition. So I got on the phone with Sean Wendts. Explaining the Increasing Trend in Support for Underwater Cameras for Sturgeon Spearing on the Lake Winnebago System [PDF]. Spearers with tags for Lake Winnebago may continue to harvest sturgeon on Lake Winnebago until harvest caps are reached or until the Lake Winnebago System harvest caps are reached. This massive fish was an F4 female measuring 75.6 inches and speared by Rebecca Van Handel. Ninety-three fish were harvested from Lake Winnebago (11 juvenile females, 49 adult females, and 33 males). But he was also one of only six successful spearers to harvest a fish during the short, hour-long sturgeon spearing season on Black Lake in Michigan last weekend. And as always, if you head back onto the ice tomorrow, remember to be safe. Both years reported very low water clarity, with visual depths recorded at six and eight feet into the water, respectively. The biggest fish harvested was an F1 female that weighed 83.3 lbs. That warmer weather isnt the only thing that triggers them to begin their migration upriver to their spawning grounds, higher water flows in the spring from rain and winter run-off are also major triggers. Both fish were among 21 sturgeon weighing more than 100 pounds speared on Saturday, and 26. The Southwest Winnebago and Stockbridge registration stations both had the next most fish registered at just about 200 fish each. Most fish are consumed by the spearer, with smoking and frying being the two most common preparation techniques. There were also 21 fish harvested over 100 lbs., with 16 from Lake Winnebago and 5 from the Upriver Lakes. Male stages are similar, with M1 males not ready to spawn, while M2 males were ready to spawn in spring 2023. Over the years, the season has grown into a unique cultural event rich in tradition. This weekend, many spearers were seen pulling their shacks on both Lake Winnebago and the Upriver lakes before the forecasted warm weather and rain set for tomorrow. Guide to Wisconsin Spearing, Netting, and BaitHarvest Regulations2020-2021 Effective April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021 Includes regulations on: Rough Fish Spearing Dipnetting Rough Fish Bowfishing and Underwater Spear Fishing Harvesting Turtles, Frogs, Crayfish and Minnows Catfish Bow and Hand Fishing The Winnebago system is home to one of North America's largest lake sturgeon populations and hosts a unique winter spear fishery. It brings families and friends together. The DNR said Ice conditions likely prevented many from participating this year. Zach Schrader is among more than 500 others who speared a sturgeon on opening day, When something of this magnitude swims through the hole its quite a unique experience, Schrader told Action 2 News while standing next to his fish in the bed of his truck. Check out the Heavy Hitters Club, the largest fish speared over 170 pounds on the Lake Winnebago system since 1941. With 285 fish harvested Upriver this spearing season, there was just over a 50% success rate for spearers with Upriver tags. Female stages are V, 1, 2, 4 or 6, while male stages include V, 1 or 2. The heaviest sturgeon speared on record in the Lake Winnebago system weighed 212.2 pounds, caught by Ronald Grishaber in 2010. When Gizzard Shad populations are plentiful, they prove to be a good food source for the Lake Sturgeon. This year's season came to an end for the Upriver Lakes on Saturday, yielding the largest harvest since 2007 with 364 sturgeon. The 2023 sturgeon spearing season has begun. The final day of spearing season wrapped up on Sunday, Feb. 23 with a total of 811 sturgeon harvested from the Lake Winnebago system and the upriver lakes. Warmer temperatures this winter prevented biologists from safely conducting water clarity assessments until this week. The big fish for the day was an 87.6 lbs., 72.8-inch M2 male speared by Aaron Muche. The Upriver Season will continue to be open tomorrow. Its a great experience!. This means there is still 1 adult female left until the 90% trigger is activated or 9 more adult females until the 100% cap is reached on the Upriver Lakes. Send us your photos using this photo submission form. With warmer temperatures continuing to prevail today, only 72 fish were harvested throughout the system, with 58 from Lake Winnebago (5 juvenile females, 27 adult females, 26 males) and 14 from the Upriver lakes (0 juvenile females, 3 adult females, 11 males). In 2020, the biggest fish snagged from the Upriver Lakes was 140 pounds and 75 inches, speared by Vincent Catania of North Fond du Lac, but 2021 beat that catch by over 10 pounds with Steven Lenz's. Subscribe to OL+ for our best feature stories and photography. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural . With the sun shining and mild temperatures with a high in the 40s, excitement was in the air across the Lake Winnebago System for opening day of the 2023 sturgeon spearing season. The spearing season that Wisconsinites know today began back in the early 1930s on Lake Winnebago with the spearing eventually being extended to the Upriver Lakes in the 1950s. Father and son duo Paul and Eli Muche both speared big fish during this snowy Thursday. Wisconsin Official Traded Sturgeon Research Eggs for Caviar, Prosecutors Say Ryan Koenigs, a biologist who oversees the state's sturgeon spearing season in Lake Winnebago, is accused of. The latest survey results and comparisons to the last two surveys are included in the report below. Licenses for the Lake Winnebago spear fishery must be purchased before Oct. 31, 2020, except for military personnel home on leave during the spearing season and youth turning 12 years old between Nov. 1, 2020 and the last day of the 2021 spearing season. In 2004, the DNR partnered with multiple conservation groups to create a network of acoustic telemetry receivers to track the movements of sturgeon within the rivers, lakes and tributaries of the Winnebago System. After spearing his fish, he registered it at the Indian Point registration station. These limitationsand careful guarding against poachers allow for the long-lived tradition of sturgeon spearing to continue without fear of depleting their numbers. Particularly those that are tagged during the spring sturgeon spawn. For many, the season is defined by the time spent with loved ones, not the harvesting of a fish. Yet both spearers and biologists report good numbers of shad within sturgeon stomachs, particularly in the southern portion of the lake. The largest fish harvested was an M2 male that weighed 130.8 pounds and measured 79.5 inches long from the Stockbridge registration shack. Guelig says the sturgeon was a mature adult female that had an estimated 50 pounds of highly-prized roe, which Guelig will make into caviar. Sturgeon spearing on Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago has a long and rich tradition, according to the DNR's website. The questions below are some of the more frequently asked by spearers. and measured 76.1 inches long. The last day continued to prove to be exciting on Lake Winnebago with cold weather and sunshine. The heat index ranged from 120-128F during the summer, some of Wisconsins highest temperatures recorded. On opening weekend, only about 3,000 ice shanties were counted. Why? The Schumacher family has a long history on the lake, and was profiled in the Emmy-award-winning Frozen Chosen, a sturgeon-spearing documentary currently available on Netflix. After a spawn, most of her eggs have been released and she is often left with a concave, empty belly. You could see a line of trailers along Merritt Avenue in Oshkosh that people used to get their four-wheelers out onto the ice. Spearing season runs for a maximum of 16 days or until harvest caps are met. According to the WDNR, Winnebago is home to one of North Americas largest lake sturgeon populations, and its one of the few places in the world with a wintertime spearfishing season for sturgeon. Updated: Feb 27, 2022 / 10:42 AM CST. The 2023 Sturgeon Spearing season starts Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at 7am ending Monday, Feb. 27th (unless the season is shortened by reaching one of the harvest . Today, only 19 fish were harvested between Lake Winnebago and the Upriver lakes. The highest opening-day shanty count was 5,958 scattered across the lake in 2009, and the lowest recorded was 700 in 1979. Sunday's harvest totaled 261 sturgeon, with 211 fish from Lake Winnebago and 50 from the Upriver Lakes. These catches do show, along with DNR observations, thateven larger sturgeon are lurking in the depths, evading capture. Sturgeon, a large fish found in rivers and lakes across the. Contact Daphne Lemke atdlemke@gannett.com. Colder weather is on its way into the area tonight so we may see an increase in spearing activity tomorrow. To learn more, visit our sturgeon registration stations and ask our friendly DNR staff about F6 females. Sturgeon spearing season runs for 16 days or until any of the pre-determined harvest caps are met. System-wide harvest caps for the 2021 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season are 430 juvenile females, 950 adult females and 1,200 males. In the spring, as sturgeon migrate through rivers to their spawning grounds, the DNR collects data on their health and population through stock assessments, as well astagging and tracking. Sturgeon spearing 2021 second weekend brings in 256 catches; Upriver Lakes season closes with record harvest, Fog, flurries bless frigid opening day of 2021 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago, Upriver Lakes, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. If you asked some of the nearly 13,000 people on the icy surface of Wisconsins Lake Winnebago system on opening day of the 2017 lake sturgeon spearing season, youd get a wide variety of answers. Whats bad for ice is the wind and sun. DNR staff have conducted an annual spring spawn survey since 1975. The Quinney and Poygan registration stations will remain closed. With one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America, the Winnebago System supports an annual spearing season that will run for a maximum of 16 days (Feb. 26) or until any of the predetermined harvest caps have been met. Schumachers 78.5-inch beast had a huge girth and weighed 154.7 pounds. The survey not only asked about on-camera opinions but also the use of the sturgeon hole and other technologies during sturgeon spearing and other recreational fishing activities. One entrepreneur sold unique signs at the Stockbridge registration station outside Harbor Bar. Please check the2023 sturgeon spearing regulationsfor specifics. View the full details in today's harvest report. It was speared by Jackson Goldapske and registered at the Southwest Winnebago station. This is the first time weve seen harvest this slow since 2019 when we had a few days with only 10 fish harvested. By the end of World War II in 1945, she grew to be an estimated 31 inches. This fish was speared by Michael Meetz and registered at the Pipe registration shack. Theres different ice conditions and thats why theres seven or eight different fishing clubs across the lake.. She showed how she could persevere through challenges as a dinosaur fish when she endured a deadly heat wave in 1995. WINNECONNE Wis. (WBAY) - Thousands safely headed out on the ice looking for the perfect spot to catch a sturgeon for opening weekend of the 2022 sturgeon spearing season, enjoying the sport rich . There are six drive-thru stations. Dive and Ice Service said. Some locations will continue to offer the drive-thru registration option. Most of the fish on the top 11 "Heavy Hitters Club" chart, including the current record, were speared between 2010 and 2013, coinciding with strong hatches of the gizzard shad. The biggest fish harvested was an F4 female weighing 136.5 lbs. In 1953, sturgeon enthusiasts were quick to find previous catches that had already broken Schroeder'srecord, citing Arthur Haferman and Michael Goyke's 187.5-pound catch on a set-line in Oshkosh from 1913 and Glen Marsh's 211-pound sturgeon from 1911 in Northwest Wisconsin, caught by a pike pole spear. Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. The Pipe registration shacks continue to have the highest harvest rates with a season total of 267 fish registered. This fish was harvested by Joshua Genske at the Pipe registration shack. Every February, people migrate to the Winnebago System to take part in the annual lake sturgeon spear fishery, said Ryan Koenigs, DNR Winnebago sturgeon biologist. Congrats to all successful spearers. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Site requirements | Accessibility | Legal | Privacy | Employee resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. One fishery occurs on Lake Winnebago, where the number of licenses sold for that fishery is not restricted, and an individual spearer can only purchase one license per season. Lake sturgeon can live for 100 years or more. Approximately 12,200 sturgeon spearing licenses were sold for the 2021 season. Sturgeon with this appearance are often females that have spawned the previous spring. The largest fish harvested today was an 81.1-pound male which was 64.5 inches long. Indian Point registered the most fish Upriver with 73 fish. Spearers can find the full water clarity report, season forecast and daily harvest updates on theWinnebago System sturgeon spearing webpageand bysigning up for email updates. Village Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Averkamp said theres nothing like the camaraderie of sturgeon spearing. Fair to good water clarity is considered to be 12to 15 feet deep, though several years have reported up to 18 feet. Length, weight, sex and tagging information are collected from each registered fish, which is used to determine season length. While we all continue to hope for cold weather, Monday's forecast continues to look bright, sunny and warm. The Lake Michigan basin contains the Lake Winnebago system where Gishkowsky speared his monster sturgeon earlier this week. We wish you good luck and clear water. These Passive Integrated Transponders, or PIT tags, used by the DNR are about the size of a grain of rice and inserted just behind the fishs head. The other fishery takes place on the Upriver Lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, and Poygan). Regulations related to minnow use and transportation (VHS rules) on the Winnebago system apply. When spawning, females can hold 50,000-700,000 eggs. Be safe! 1969 and 1973 are tied for smallest harvest years, yielding eight sturgeon each. Despite the slow day, a record-setting fish was caught!
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