Day 11 Sturgeon Spearing Harvest Report - Tuesday February 21, 2017
Winnebago System Sturgeon Enthusiasts:
I’ve been talking in many of my reports about the reduction in spearing effort, and in turn harvest. Well, today the inevitable finally happened; we had a 0 fish harvest on Lake Winnebago. I’m not sure when the last 0 was recorded for a day of spearing on Lake Winnebago, but I’m pretty confident that it predates my tenure with the DNR dating back to the 2008 spearing season. May be a good trivia question in future spearing seasons.
There was 1 fish harvested on the Upriver Lakes today. Derek Hanneman wins the perseverance award with today’s lone fish, and it was a nice one (65.7” and 82.4 pounds).
As the saying goes, “the show must go on,” and thus the season will continue tomorrow.
Sturgeon Vignette – What are the sturgeon eating this season?
Today’s vignette details the results of the forage analysis conducted this season with the sampling of 87 stomachs from the Winnebago System (52 from Lake Winnebago and 35 from the Upriver Lakes).