Sturgeon spearing season opens Saturday on Lake Winnebago, and thousands of people are already positioning their ice shanties, hoping to land one of the prehistoric fish.

Sturgeon spearers and spectators have plenty to do on the ice this month, but here's what to do in Fond du Lac off the lake.

With weeks of cold temperatures and steady snow cover, Lake Winnebago is shaping up for one of its strongest sturgeon spearing seasons in recent years. From above, the lake appears locked in with ice ...

Sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago and Upriver Lakes opens this weekend. Latest on weather, ice conditions, harvest caps and ...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A deadline to potentially put lake sturgeon on the endangered species list is approaching. If that happens, many Wisconsinites are worried this change could impact one ...

Lake Winnebago saw record-short sturgeon spearing seasons in the early 2000s that drove rule changes shaping the sport today.

After sawing a wide rectangle into the ice, a person holds a fish spear at the ready while looking through the water, past a small decoy meant to lure northern pike into range. A well-placed throw ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO, Wis. (WLUK) -- With more than 12,000 license holders expected to take to the ice, spearing sturgeon on the Lake Winnebago System is part of "How WI Live" in Wisconsin. After Tuesday's ...

Here's the thing, though. Hundreds of people gather each year on the Winnebago System, which encompasses lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts and Poygan, to set up ice spearing shanties and wait for a ...

Big game issues and discussions about chronic wasting disease and epizootic hemorrhagic disease – known as CWD and EHD, for short – and their impact on North Dakota deer herds dominated the agenda ...