The largest harvested sturgeon spearing of the day came from Patrick Nolan, who speared a 109.7-pound, 75.5-inch female, one of 27 lake sturgeon harvested in the Winnebago system on Thursday.

with almost 7% of the harvest weighing more than 100 pounds compared to last year's 2%. The heaviest catch in 2025 was Hayley Herzig's 180.5-pound sturgeon. 2024's was Kurt Knoll's 148-pound sturgeon.

The water conditions are right, the sturgeon have run up the river and love is in the bubbles for these prehistoric fish.

The lake sturgeon is the oldest and largest native fish species in North America’s Great Lakes. Lake sturgeons can grow huge. It’s not unusual to find one six feet long and 200 pounds.

SHAWANO, Wis. (WBAY) - Sturgeon spawning season is set to begin any day now. The temperature of the water must be at least fifty degrees for the fish to spawn and some portions of Wolf River just ...

DESCRIPTION: Sturgeon have cartilaginous skeletons and a tube-like mouth. In the Kootenai River, they can grow to be larger than 200 pounds. They are gray in color. HABITAT: Kootenai River white ...