There were 1,405 sturgeon speared, including the seventh heaviest in the history of the Lake Winnebago fishery, a 79.9-inch, 177.3-pounder. In all, 46 sturgeon heavier than 100 pounds were registered, 37 from Lake Winnebago and nine from the upriver lakes.
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There were 565 registered anglers, including a good number of supervised youth. According to the DNR, five sturgeon harvested were male and one was a female, ranging from 46 to 62 inches long and 23 to 67 pounds in weight.
Chasing sturgeon up and down the Chippewa River around Eau Claire.
Reaching lengths of over 70 inches and weights of over 100 pounds, sturgeon travel from the Rainy River up the Rapid River to spawn. This video was shot just 8 miles east of Baudette at the Clementson Rapids, where the Rapid River enters the Rainy River.
The Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow is working in partnership with the Michigan DNR and tribes to protect the fish from being illegally harvested during the six-week spawning season.
Sturgeon are one of the most abundant fish here, with the average size of processed sturgeon being 52-plus inches.
The primary purpose of the lift is to capture sturgeon.
System-wide harvest caps for the 2021 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season are 430 juvenile females, 950 adult females and 1,200 males.
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