For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...

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

It’s possible that Warren – at 12 years, 10 days old – is the youngest person to ever spear a sturgeon on the upriver lakes.

There are occasional reports from anglers of catching sturgeon approaching 60 inches in length. Some reports indicate that some of the fish are migrating upstream and downstream of Big Stone Lake.

With the winter ice fishing season in full swing, there is one fish to keep an eye on: lake sturgeon. The Michigan DNR reminded fishers on Thursday, Feb. 20 to make sure they follow regulations on ...

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

LAKE WINNEBAGO (WLUK) -- The 2025 sturgeon spearing season is over, and by many accounts, it was a success. "This season seemed to be overall a really good season. We saw a lot of big fish.

Kathy Marshall, who speared a sturgeon on Lake Poygan, was lucky enough to have the largest fish of the day with a beautiful 107.4-pound, 69.6-inch, F4 female. View the full details in today’s ...

When lake sturgeon were restocked in Big Stone Lake in 2014, it was estimated that in five years' time, some of the fish could reach 30 inches in length. Ten years later, the Minnesota Department of ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Many sturgeon spearers persevered through water ... Meanwhile, Verhagen's fish was well past spawning age at an estimated 70 to 100 years old, where a sturgeon reaches sexual ...