Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...

That wasn't the case for 22-year-old Hayley Herzig, who caught the fourth-largest Sturgeon ever speared on the Winnebago system on Saturday, Feb. 8 near Fond du Lac, Wis. Herzig's F4 female ...

HELPING TO PROMOTE CONCUSSION AWARENESS. AND TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF STURGEON SPEARING SEASON. THE HUNT IS CENTERED ON LAKE WINNEBAGO AND SEVERAL OTHER UPRIVER LAKES. THE DNR SAYS FISHERS ...