The 2025 sturgeon spearing season has gone down as the fifth-best harvest in the last 10 years. By comparison, 2024 was the ...

After this weekend, sturgeon spearing will close, marking a disappointing season for many, but a memorable season for all.

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Many sturgeon spearers persevered through water clarity, weather and access issues on the Lake Winnebago system in 2025.

A public tip about illegal fishing activity on a popular lake in ... captain game warden caught one of the anglers in the act of spearing black bass with a pneumatic speargun while snorkeling.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers of new sportfishing regulations for Michigan’s 2025 fishing season that begin April 1 and are in effect through March 31, 2026.

Two people are facing charges after game wardens caught them illegally fishing for black bass in Lady Bird Lake near Barton Springs. Game wardens were alerted to the issue on a tip, and located ...

Tribal rightsIn the mid-1800s, the Lake Superior Ojibwe Tribes ceded ... including the right to catch fish by spearing and netting. Interfering with tribal rightsIt is illegal to interfere or ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system saw a total of ... Meanwhile, Verhagen's fish was well past spawning age at an estimated 70 to 100 years old, where a sturgeon ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO — A sturgeon spearing season of avoiding giant holes in the ice and fishing in T-shirts is almost at an end. The last day to spear is Feb. 26, and continued mild temperatures and ...