A local event on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.
Kind of a Big Event around here especially during a snowless winter thus far.
Kind of a Big Event around here especially during a snowless winter thus far.
After less than ideal ice conditions last season, many spearers breathed a sigh of relief as they headed out today. Even with water clarity making conditions on Lake Winnebago extremely difficult, spearers and spectators alike both had an air of excitement about them at the start of this season. A total of 169 lake sturgeon were speared throughout the system on this opening day: 19 juvenile females, 57 adult females and 93 males.
While shanty counts will happen tomorrow, most shacks seemed to be on the west side of Lake Winnebago. Despite the poor water clarity, many spearers found success, with 82 lake sturgeon harvested on Lake Winnebago (28 males, 44 adult females and 10 juvenile females). Both the Downtown Oshkosh and Neenah registration stations had the majority of lake sturgeon registered with 21 and 25, respectively.
Harold Richard comes to Wisconsin from Arizona just about every year to spear for lake sturgeon and after 15 years, he has joined the ranks of successful spearers. Congrats Harold!