Attention Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing
Enthusiasts:
The 2018 sturgeon spearing season on the Winnebago
System may have concluded about a week and a half ago, but our DNR fisheries
crew has been working hard to wrap up the season and get the harvest data
entered. Attached is the list of 951 license holders who were fortunate
to harvest a sturgeon during the 2018 season. I have also included a
breakdown of the county of residence for successful spearers and the final
harvest tallies by station and lake zone.
There was quite a bit of discussion during the
season about the fish being a little leaner this past season. I haven’t
calculated the condition data to see how this season will compare, but based on
the average length/weight data from this year’s harvest it appears the fish
were a bit thinner this season than last. The average length and weight
of fish harvested on Lake Winnebago this season was 60.1” and 51.4 pounds,
while the average length and weight observed during the 2017 spearing season on
Lake Winnebago was 60.2” and 57.1 pounds.
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to evaluate how I did.
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
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