Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing Report for Saturday, February 21, 2009 The Last Day of the Season
gengberg February 21st, 2009
Despite white-out conditions on Lake Winnebago due to a snow storm and strong winds, large numbers of dedicated sturgeon spearers drove out on the ice to their shacks this morning in an attempt to get their sturgeon on the last day of the 2009 sturgeon spearing season.
Today’s harvest: a total of 89 fish registered from Lake Winnebago.
The System-wide final harvest: 1512.
Registration tally for Saturday February 21:
Lake Winnebago: 14 Juvenile Females, 40 Adult Females, 35 Males
Total harvest summaries by station are attached.
(All harvest numbers and data presented in the daily reports are preliminary. A final report on the season will be sent out after all data are entered and proofed.)
Year (yrs in bold had a concurrent Upriver Lakes season) Season Length Days Bag Limit Min Size Limit (in) Sturgeon Harvest Opening Day Shanty Count License Sales (Regular) Ave Water Clarity (ft)
2002 16 1 36″ 847 4368 4828 7.5
2003 10 1 36″ 902 4150 4821 7.5
2004 2 1 36″ 1854 4751 8924 15
2005 12 1 36″ 893 2604 6465 16
2006 16 1 36″ 225 3434 8289 6
2007 16 1 36″ 1034 4411 7895 10
2008 4 1 36″ 1213 3171 8890 18
2009 8 1 36″ 1237 6213 9596 14
Average 11 1026 4138 7464 12
Yr Season Length Days Bag Limit Min Size Limit (in) Sturgeon Harvest Opening Day Shanty Count License Sales Lottery Applicants
2007 6 1 36″ 313 431 485 2795
2008 4 1 36″ 300 512 484 3902
2009 5 1 36″ 275 640 490 4031
Average 5 296 528 486 3576
Ronald M. Bruch, PhD
Upper Fox-Wolf Fisheries Work Unit Supervisor
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
625 E County Rd Y, Suite 700
Oshkosh, WI 54901
USA
(() phone: (920) 424-3059
(() fax: (920) 424-4404
(+) e-mail: ronald.bruch@wisconsin.gov
Sturgeon Hot-Line: (920) 303-5444
