Spring is a season of transition. Anglers watch winter’s ice recede and finally go out.
While many anglers wait impatiently for the spring walleye opener, others take to bulrush beds to chase crappies. But
Having roughly 653 registered anglers from 10 states participating in the 2026 sturgeon season at Black Lake was encouraging for both Michigan DNR and groups working to improve sturgeon populations.
The fact that five
The two words “short” and “sweet” describe the 2026 sturgeon spearing season on the Winnebago system, which shut down at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, after a 10-day run.
DNR Sturgeon Biologist Margaret Stadig
As spring begins, warming temperatures and vibrant colors will return to the landscape and once again set the scene for the season’s main event in Wisconsin’s Winnebago system – the lake sturgeon spawning run through
This year’s sturgeon season on Michigan’s Black Lake (in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties) ended at 8:48 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7.
The season, which included spearing and hook-and-line fishing, was scheduled to run Feb.
Do you think the Hine’s emerald dragonfly should be the Wisconsin state insect? But that would mean switching the honeybee to the state agricultural insect.
Should we remove the once-in-a-lifetime restriction on cow elk
Burnett County’s Yellow Lake sturgeon population has come a long way since the 1970s, thanks in part to a 2019 management plan and a number of regulation changes that came about since 1980.
With
Moving the Oct. 31 Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing license deadline closer to the February season date could end up increasing the cost of the $20 tag by three, four or even five times.
Sturgeon
The 2026 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season will open Saturday, Feb. 14, and will run for 16 days, or until harvest caps are met.
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