The Wisconsin DNR announced Friday that sturgeon spearing on the Upriver Lakes is nearly done this season.
On Friday, the DNR said spearers reached between 90 to 99% of the harvest cap on the Upriver Lakes. Spearers with tags for the Upriver lakes can continue to spear until 1 p.m. Saturday.
Spearers with tags for Lake Winnebago may continue to harvest sturgeon on Lake Winnebago until harvest caps are reached.
Upriver Lakes harvest numbers representing 90-99% of the harvest cap, were set at 70 juvenile females, 79 adult females, and 246 males, the DNR said in a news release.
For up-to-date harvest information, visit the DNR's sturgeon spearing webpage.
