2/14/23 Sturgeon Report Day Three
14 February 2023 Sports
With the warm temperatures, today was again a slow day for spearing on the Winnebago system. In total, 127 fish were harvested throughout the system, with 100 from Lake Winnebago (7 juvenile females, 53 adult females, 40 males) and 27 from the Upriver lakes (1 juvenile female, 9 adult females, 17 males). This weekend, many spearers were seen pulling their shacks on both Lake Winnebago and the Upriver lakes before the forecasted warm weather and rain set for tomorrow.
View the full details in today’s full harvest report.
Today, another large female was speared just off of downtown Oshkosh. Joe Sheilds speared a 125.6 lbs., 73.4 inch, F4 female. This makes 5 sturgeon over 100 pounds registered at the Oshkosh registration station for the season. The only station with more is the Pipe registration station, with 6 fish registered over 100 pounds.
Many of our spearers who stuck it out today were rewarded with their first speared fish, including 12-year-old Trent Rotering successfully spearing a 59.9 lbs., F1 female on the east side of Lake Winnebago and Larry Gordon spearing his first sturgeon on the west side of the lake.
Tomorrow, the Quinney registration station on Lake Winnebago and the Poygan registration station on the Upriver Lakes will be closed. If you’d planned on registering your fish there, please head to the next closest registration station. Locations can be found in the sturgeon spearing regulation packet or on the DNR’s sturgeon spearing webpage.
Pictured: Larry Gordon with his 49.1 lbs., 63.5 inch, F6 female at the Stockbridge registration station. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR
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