The sturgeon spearing season on Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago system is closing early for the first time since 2015. The closure was triggered after spearers reached 90% of the harvest cap for adult ...

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NORTHEAST, Wis. (WBAY) - Another 111 lake sturgeon were harvested on Lake Winnebago during day four of the spearing season, bringing the total system harvest to 1,371 fish. The day’s harvest included ...

Green Bay seeing whitefish boom as species declines in rest of Lake Michigan Once written off as too polluted to support many whitefish, the shallow, narrow bay in northwest Lake Michigan has produced ...

NEENAH, Wis. (WBAY) - What could have been a multi-day emergency recovery operation turned into a textbook rescue Tuesday morning on Lake Winnebago, thanks to a specialized dive and ice recovery ...

Some Wisconsinites headed to the polls Tuesday, Feb. 17, for just a handful of contested primary races. The spring primary determines who advances to the general election April 7. In Wisconsin, spring ...

I'm your neighborhood reporter for Fox Cities, living and working out of Appleton. OSHKOSH (NBC 26) — With temperatures climbing into the 50s this week, Wisconsin's beloved sturgeon spearing tradition ...

A former Winnebago County Board member and former Rockford alderman will challenge the sitting county board member in District 12 for a two-year unexpired term during the March 17 primary election.

Sturgeon spearing's opening weekend harvest was 1,029 sturgeon on the Lake Winnebago system. The season on the Upriver Lakes will close at 1 p.m. Monday after reaching its harvest cap trigger for ...

Lake Winnebago registered 779 sturgeon through Sunday, reaching 56% of the adult female harvest cap. Upriver Lakes spearers hit the 90% trigger and the season will close at 1 p.m. Monday. Abigail ...

I'm your Lakeshore neighborhood reporter. OSHKOSH (NBC 26) — Sturgeon spearing officially kicked off on Lake Winnebago as hundreds of anglers headed out onto the ice for one of Wisconsin's ...

The first day of the sturgeon spearing season began Saturday, Feb. 14, on Lake Winnebago. The Lake Winnebago system is home to the world's largest freshwater sturgeon population. The Winnebago System ...