2/26/22 Sturgeon Season Day 14
26 February 2022 Sports
Day 14 of the 2022 sturgeon spearing season had more spearers on the ice leading up to the final weekend resulting in an increased harvest.
There were 46 lake sturgeon harvested on Lake Winnebago today, including four juvenile females, 20 adult females and 22 males. After today, the total harvest on Lake Winnebago has increased to 1,015 (138 juvenile females, 465 adult females and 412 males).
Today, Blackwolf Landing and Grundman Lane tied for the busiest registration station with 10 fish brought in; however, Stockbridge continues to lead the way this season with a total of 310 fish registered.
Today’s largest fish harvested on Lake Winnebago was the impressive 112.1 pound, 70.2 inch F4 speared by Steve Supple. Steve registered his fish at the Oshkosh registration station.
Although the 2022 Lake Winnebago harvest has surpassed 1,000 fish, it’s unlikely that this year’s Winnebago harvest will exceed the 1,468 fish harvested on Lake Winnebago in 2021.
Winnebago System sex-specific harvest totals have increased to 183 juvenile females, 553 adult females and 628 males for a total of 1,364 fish.
With the 2022 season winding down and harvest caps far out of reach, it’s shaping up to be the seventh straight season that spearers will not meet Lake Winnebago harvest caps or system-wide harvest caps.
See the full day 14 harvest breakdown below.
View the full details in today’s harvest report here.
Good luck to the spearers heading out this weekend in pursuit of their harvest during the final days of the 2022 season.
Photo: Rebecca VanHandel with the 50 pound female she got Friday. It was 64.2 inches long and was her first fish!
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