2/13/25 Sturgeon Spearing Report Day 5
13 February 2025 Sports
With a winter weather advisory around the Winnebago system, harvest was low, similar to Tuesday. But there are still a dedicated number of spearers who took to the ice Wednesday and came up successful. 42 spearers found success on the system with 9 juvenile females, 10 adult females and 23 males.
Lake Winnebago had another slow day, but there were still 3 juvenile females, 7 adult females and 8 males speared on the lake. As we look forward to the remainder of the season, Lake Winnebago will likely go for the whole season.
Even with the snow conditions, more spearers were successful on the Upriver lakes. There were 24 lake sturgeon harvested, with 6 juvenile females, 3 adult females and 15 males.
View the full details in today’s harvest report.
Another 2 fish over 100 pounds were speared on the Upriver Lakes Wednesday. Matthew Proctor speared a 116.1-pound, 77.1-inch, F4 female, and Kurt Davidson (pictured) speared a 110.3-pound, 72.6-inch male from the Upriver Lakes. While it is true that female lake sturgeon grow larger than the males, males can still grow to a large size. Even at the size of Matthew and Kurt’s fish, it is nearly impossible to tell a female sturgeon apart from a male sturgeon. It is only during the spawning season that you can tell the difference externally when males and females are expressing their gametes (either releasing eggs or milt).
Please note that due to poor water clarity, the Pipe registration station will still be closed today. For those registering fish in that area, the Quinney registration station is the next closest station. Please make sure to adjust accordingly.
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