The deadline for sturgeon spearers to apply for 2025 upriver lakes spearing tags is Aug. 1.
Due to a higher success rate on the upriver lakes, only 500 license holders will be selected to
While fish swimming within a resuscitated lake sturgeon population continue to make a spring run up the Milwaukee River, the local fisheries crew has yet to see evidence of spawning.
Wisconsin Department of Natural
A crew of four from the Illinois River Biological Station spent much of May chasing and sampling shovelnose sturgeon on the state’s river system.
According tot he IRBS, an abundance of spring rain caused
Video of the happening was wildly viewed on social media and marked an important step in re-establishing the onceextirpated species that began with Minnesota DNR recovery efforts in the 1990s.
First, they made the morning headlines April 22 by not landing on the nation’s endangered species list (ESL). The Center for Biological Diversity claims lake sturgeon are “imperiled,” and had petitioned the U.S. Fish and
Elk and bear license applications are on sale now through June 1. You can increase your odds, or even get two tags in a single year, by picking up Pure Michigan Hunt applications while you’re
If you’ve ever wanted to catch the largest species of fish in Minnesota, from now until the season ends May 15 is prime time! The lake sturgeon are currently making their seasonal spawning moves from
Lake sturgeon are spawning once again on the Mississippi River at the Melvin Price Locks and Dam.
The whiskered fish has been in the news after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently decided
The Wisconsin DNR’s lead sturgeon biologist, Margaret Stadig, doesn’t mind getting up close and personal with a 100-pound lake sturgeon as she and other DNR sturgeon team members gathered April 15 at Bamboo Bend, a
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