| | | Hi Kirk,
I was sturgeon spearing vs fishing. So far have not seen one after two weekends of looking.
This next weekend it is over. It is a Wisconsin tradition, few ever spear one. Over the last 9 years I have speared one - 55 inches and 57 pounds).
Winnebago is at the deepest 20 feet deep. Often the water's clarity stops at 10-12 feet.
More and more people use water cameras, but I've yet to get that committed with the gear. A shanty cost 3,000 for a newer and nice design/size. The spears about 200, the camera 1000 to 3000.
I go with a friend and enjoy the hardiness of those out on the lake. Winnebago is the largest inland lake , excluding the Great Lakes. If one applies for an annual preference point, then after 8 to 9 years one can go spearing on the three upriver lakes.
Butte de Mors, Winneconne and Poygan. All of those lakes are 5-8 feet deep and have much larger populations of sturgeon as they are staging for the coming spawning season in the Wolf and Fox rivers.
My dad grew up in Winneconne and it has become a Wisconsin thing for me to do. LOL
Fun times looking through a 3 foot by 4 foot hole cut in the 18 to 22 inch thick ice, waiting for a sturgeon to lumber through. 6 hours of focussing on any little movement in the water and then 2 - 5 seconds of an instant adrenaline rush.
It's an acquired concentration skill. Some love its traditions and other think it is crazy.
The joke goes , it is like hunting ducks through your fireplace.
A bunch of hardy souls who get out in the middle of winter and enjoy comradery.
We don't drink during the spearing hours of 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, but it is rumored we catch up for it after that.
That's all I've got to say about that. <smile>
Bob |
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