Sturgeon Spearing Report Day 5
13 February 2020 Sports
DNR Senior Sturgeon Biologist Ryan Koenigs writes:
Day 5 of the 2020 sturgeon spearing season on the Winnebago System is now complete. Harvest on Lake Winnebago picked up today with 24 fish registered. Jim and Linda’s registration station continues to lead the way in registration numbers as more than half of the fish speared on the big lake today were registered at that location. Waverly Beach was the 2nd busiest registration station today with 7 fish brought in. There were 14 fish harvested from the Upriver Lakes today, 12 of which came in to Critter’s station and 2 at Indian Point. A breakdown of this season’s registration numbers by station can be viewed through the following link:
Two fish registered today tipped the scales at over 100 pounds. Diana Sanders had the biggest fish of the day, taken from the upriver lakes, when she registered her 111.5 pound, 72.8 inch lake sturgeon at Critter’s. Scott Schafer’s 102.5 pound, 72.8″ sturgeon was second largest today and came out of Lake Winnebago. I’ve included photos of both fish in the right hand margin.
There’s some very cold weather coming and I’ll be curious to see how the weather will impact spearer effort and harvest numbers heading into the weekend. Good luck to all of the spearers who will be going out over the next few days!
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