Recent federal- and state-level orders to divert water have environmentalists concerned over local impacts on this historic fish.

Hayley Herzig speared her first Wisconsin sturgeon in February. It's a near-record and one of the biggest sturgeon ever ...

Four Bay Area environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and ...

Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and nearshore waters of Milwaukee when European immigrants settled the area. However, the fish were extirpated over much of their ...

Congressmen reintroduce SPEAR Act, a bill intended to keep the lake sturgeon in Wisconsin from protections of the federal ...

Although the beluga sturgeon shares its name with the more famous beluga whale, the two species are unrelated. “Beluga” comes from the Russian word “belaya,” which means white. So ...

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 ...

FOND DU LAC – Sturgeon spearing season is almost upon us, drawing not only spearers, but also spectators watching the ice for the day's catches, wondering whose is going to be the biggest.

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes. The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. Saturday ...