Attention Sturgeon Spearing Enthusiasts:
Opening weekend of the 2018 sturgeon spearing
season on the Winnebago System is now in the books. The harvest from Lake
Winnebago remained low today (56 fish), but the Upriver Lakes continues to
produce fish for spearers (68 fish). We have now reached 66% of the adult
female harvest cap for the Upriver Lakes and are 23 adult females away from the
90% trigger. This may not seem like that far off, but more than 40% of spearers
have already tagged out so effort will be reduced during the remainder of the
season. I anticipate the Upriver Lakes season will go at least into mid-week.
The big fish on the system today was 147.3 pounds,
77.5” and harvested by Joseph Orlando (photo attached). Joseph registered his
fish at Critter’s today meaning that the two largest fish of the season have
been registered at that station. The largest fish of the day on Lake Winnebago
was a 122.1 pound, 72.1” female registered at Wendt’s by Joseph Kowalkowski.
Joseph is originally from Wisconsin, but currently resides in South Carolina
and represents 1 of 358 non-residents that purchased a spearing license for
this season. Non-resident license sales represent 2.8% of total purchases with
sportsmen and sportswomen from 31 states and 1 Canadian Province purchasing
licenses this season.
Good luck to all you spearers out there as the
season continues!
We are committed to service
excellence.
Ryan Koenigs
Senior Fisheries Biologist / Winnebago
System Sturgeon Biologist
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
625 E County Rd. Y, Suite 700
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Phone: (920)303-5450
Fax: (920)424-4404
Fax: (920)424-4404
- Joseph+Orlando_147.3+pound_77.5+inch_2-11-2018_Critter%27s.jpg
- Harvest+report+%28Day+2+-+February+11%2C+2018%29.pdf
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