February 14, 2022 – Washington County, WI – On the third day of the 2022 sturgeon spearing season, spearers harvested 124 total fish, with 92 harvested on Lake Winnebago and 32 harvested on the Upriver Lakes.
The Upriver Lakes season has reached the 90% cap trigger for the adult female harvest caps, meaning that the Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing season will close tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m.
The Upriver Lakes 3-day totals have reached 43 juvenile females, 85 adult females and 196 males for a total of 324 fish. So far, the season success rate on the Upriver Lakes is 67.5%, with one day of spearing remaining.
Spearers harvested very few fish on Lake Winnebago today. The 3-day total stands at 81 juvenile females, 232 adult females and 203 males harvested. Each of the Lake Winnebago sex-specific harvest caps remain far from being reached and the DNR is anticipating a 16-day Lake Winnebago season.
View the full details in today’s full harvest report.
There were 4 fish weighing 100 pounds or more that came into the registration stations around the system today, including the massive 148.2 pound 79.0 inch F4 female harvested by Stacy Beach (pictured above). Stacy’s fish was not only the biggest today; it is also the biggest registered so far this year.