2/17/24 Sturgeon Report Day 7
17 February 2024 Sports
From the Wisconsin DNR:
In the photo: After many years, there is success for Scott Bruner on the Upriver Lakes. Congrats, Scott!
Feb. 16, 2024 Harvest Update
We have finally had a cold day with a cold evening. Due to that, we saw more spearers out on the ice today. If you plan to return to the ice this weekend, please remember that no ice is 100% safe.
Friday’s harvest on Lake Winnebago increased from the last few days, with 3 juvenile females, 16 adult females and 17 males harvested. The southwest area of Lake Winnebago continues to have the highest harvest, with 22 fish registered at the Southwest station today.
Harvest on the Upriver Lakes also saw an increase. Today, 12 lake sturgeon were speared upriver (2 juvenile females, 3 adult females and 7 males). This brings the season total for the Upriver Lakes to 9 juvenile females, 19 adult females and 45 males.
At the end of the first week of the 2024 spearing season, spearers have harvested 35 juvenile females, 90 adult females and 139 males from the Winnebago system. Hopefully, this colder weather will persist for the weekend and into next week.
View the full details in today’s harvest report.
Scott Bruner has made the best of this year’s spearing. After many years of spearing, in this remarkably warm winter season, he has finally found success and speared his first-ever lake sturgeon from Lake Butte des Morts, a 67.1-inch, 66.2-pound, F6 female. Congratulations, Scott!
It’s still good to see groups getting together and making the best of what will be a very memorable season. Today, a group of spearers found incredible success, with six of their members harvesting a fish from Lake Winnebago.
Friday’s biggest fish came from Lake Winnebago. It was a 75.7-pound, 66.0-inch male speared by Shanda Hubertus. This male sturgeon is likely 65 years old. Male lake sturgeon usually do not start to reproduce until they are about 15 years of age. That means this lake sturgeon could have potentially made almost 25 spawning runs up the Fox or Wolf rivers. That’s a lot of river miles to travel!
Today, Saturday, Feb. 17, the Neenah registration will reopen. The Stockbridge and Quinney registration stations will be the only stations to remain closed.
All Upriver registration stations are open.
Friends Sam Southard, Eric Herzfeldt, Klayton Koll, Tim Walters and Marc Hietpas all celebrating their successful day on Lake Winnebago at the North Winnebago registration station.
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