(DNR) – The low harvest throughout the system today is not unexpected as Wednesdays usually have the lowest harvest of the week. Today, 36 lake sturgeon were speared throughout the system; 31 on Lake Winnebago and 5 from the Upriver lakes.
As the season progresses, registration numbers around Lake Winnebago seem to be leveling out. There are four registration stations around Lake Winnebago that have registered 80 fish or more: Quinney with 96, Southwest Winnebago with 80, Downtown Oshkosh with 84 and Neenah with 93.
There were another 3 fish speared today over 100 pounds. Two of these fish were registered at the Neenah registration station. The biggest was a 150.1-pound, 78.5-inch, F2 female speared by Keith Kerstner.
Upriver, 1 adult female and 4 males were harvested. This brings the season total Upriver to 41 juvenile females, 44 adult females and 208 males with 7 of these fish being over 100 pounds.
View the full details in today’s harvest report.
There are only a few more days until the end of the spearing season. Many people will then be looking forward to the sturgeon spawning season. While it seems like this winter weather is hanging on, spring is just around the corner.
As the weather warms, the snow and ice around the system will melt, causing an increase in water flow down the system. As this pulse of water hits the Upriver Lakes and Lake Winnebago, lake sturgeon that have been preparing to spawn this year take notice and begin their trek. Even though the sturgeon will run up the Wolf River in early spring, enthusiasts will still have to wait for water temperatures to reach between 53 and 58 degrees before the sturgeon start spawning.
Please note that due to effort, the Pipe, North Winnebago and Winneconne registration station will remain closed tomorrow. Please check the Winnebago sturgeon spearing website or the Winnebago sturgeon spearing regulations for the next closest registration station and plan accordingly. Thank you.
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