
Black Lake sturgeon season wraps up in 36 minutes
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

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

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 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.

This year’s allocation of sturgeon for Black Lake anglers was seven fish, although DNR officials set a harvest quota of six fish to reduce the risk of over-fishing.

Lake Winnebago System sturgeon season starts Feb. 8.
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