Day 13 of the 2022 sturgeon spearing season saw another small number of sturgeon speared, the Wisconsin DNR said Thursday in their daily update. On Lake Winnebago, 35 sturgeon were harvested.
The 35 speared sturgeon consisted of three juvenile females, 17 adult females, and 15 males. The DNR says this is the highest harvest since Sunday and is likely attributed to more spearers on the ice as the weekend approaches.
After Thursday, the DNR says the total number of fish harvested on Lake Winnebago increased to 969 and the Winnebago System total increased to 1,318.
The Blackwolf registration station registered the most fish Thursday with 12 and was closely followed by Grundman Lane with 10. As the last weekend of the 2022 spearing season approaches, we expect more spearers to take to the ice and harvest to increase slightly.
