The lake sturgeon, with its sleek shape and rows of bony plates on its sides, looks a bit like an armored torpedo. These freshwater giants have greenish-grey coloring and elongated, spade-like ...

Mar. 8---- It seemed like a bold prediction 10 years ago, but time is proving it true. When lake sturgeon were restocked in Big Stone Lake in 2014, it was estimated that in five years' time ...

CHICAGO— A federal court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a determination by 2024 whether imperiled populations of lake sturgeon will be protected under the Endangered Species ...

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Even though 2025's sturgeon spearing season didn't crack 1,000 catches, its harvest is still close to average from the past 10 years. This year's season ended Feb. 23 with a ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to release any accidentally-caught lake sturgeon Some habitats that fishermen have targeted overlap with the protected fish ...

The 2025 sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system saw a total of 943 sturgeon harvested. The Upriver Lakes season almost reached its harvest cap, with 230 out of 250 male sturgeon ...