Sturgeon spawning run update - May 3, 2018
Attention Winnebago System Sturgeon Enthusiasts:
Sturgeon spawning really picked up within the Wolf River watershed today, including at the Shawano Dam. We had two crews out tagging today between Leeman and Shawano. One crew handled 180 fish at a private site in Leeman and 18 fish on the mill side of the Shawano Dam. The other crew handled 33 fish at another site on private property in Leeman, 17 fish at Hwy 156, and 13 fish at the Shawano Dam.
The story of today is that the fish have moved in at the Shawano Dam. There have been fish visible there for the last couple of days, but the fish have now begun spawning there. Tomorrow and Saturday will be big tagging days at the Shawano Dam, so I suggest heading towards Shawano if you want to see fish spawning in the next couple of days.
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Ryan Koenigs
Senior Fisheries Biologist / Winnebago System Sturgeon Biologist
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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