Schneider showed the video to some who thought the large fish was a carp, and like Gjengdahl, the Minnetonka native knew exactly what it was. “This was 100% a sturgeon,” Schneider said.

“So right there we cut a 2-foot by 4-foot large hole in the ice with a chainsaw ... an underwater camera and a LiveScope ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, about 70 million years ago, sturgeons have remained essentially unchanged — large, impressive fish that can live to be 100. But the longevity of the sturgeon in the ...

White sturgeon in their early life stages can get trapped in diverted streams and die. White sturgeon populations had already been struggling to recover after harmful algal blooms in 2022 and 2023 ...

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 ...

Two sturgeon 100+ pounds speared during another slow day in Wisconsin Despite the overall slow season, several large fish are still being brought in. Thursday saw four fish over 100 pounds speared.

Schneider showed the video to some who thought the large fish was a carp, and like Gjengdahl, the Minnetonka native knew exactly what it was. “This was 100% a sturgeon,” Schneider said.