(DNR) – Warm weather was once again the story of today, but as always, the dedicated spearers of the Winnebago System found a way with a total of 30 lake sturgeon harvested today (2 juvenile females, 12 adult females and 16 males).
There was only one fish harvested over 100 pounds today and that was on the east side of the lake at Quinney. Jordan Schmitz harvested a nice 102.6-pound, 68.6-inch female – and it was his first ever lake sturgeon. Not a bad way to start!
The current totals for the entire Winnebago system are 193 juvenile females, 622 adult females and 620 males for a total of 1,435 lake sturgeon.
We continue to inch closer to the 90% trigger for the adult female harvest cap with 85% of the adult female harvest cap for the entire Winnebago system total harvested after today.
We expect harvest to pick up over the weekend with more spearers taking back to the ice. Spearers, please monitor the numbers and your email for any season closures.
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