The 2025 sturgeon spearfishing season began on Friday in Wisconsin, and every town off the lake is buzzing with anticipation to see what great monsters are brought out of the lake this year.

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

LAKE WINNEBAGO – Sturgeon spearers are finding clear pockets of water and bringing in heavy catches to start the 2025 season.

Some of my most distinct memories as a child were out on the ice with my dad, standing on a frozen lake, bundled up in my warmest gear and daydreaming about the world of possibilities under my feet.