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| John Leroy 149.4 pounds 77.1 inches |
Today’s harvest included 5 more fish weighing 100+ pounds, including 2 fish
larger than 140 points registered at Jerry’s Bar. John Leroy’s 149.4 pound
(77.1”) fish was the heaviest fish of the day, but there was a 81.6” fish
(144.8 pounds) also registered at Jerry’s Bar that was longer. John
honored the Valentine’s Day holiday by kissing his fish in the attached
photo. As a side story, I was fortunate to harvest one fish in my
spearing career and that fish was harvested on Valentine’s Day 2010.
Although my fish was not near the size of John’s, I still have fond spearing
memories of this date.
There has been a lot of discussion about the mild weather we have had
during the first 4 days of the spearing season. Further, there is concern about
the weather forecast starting this upcoming weekend. The sturgeon
spearing season will NOT be closed early due to weather, but we want to make
sure that spearers are aware of the warm temperatures (upper 40s) forecasted
for later in this week and into this weekend. I strongly recommend that
spearers stay up to date on ice and landing conditions in the areas that they
plan to travel. Also, stay in touch with local fishing clubs and
conservation groups maintaining access points and roadways as some of the local
fishing clubs may choose to pull their bridges if conditions worsen.
Also, make sure that you properly mark your sturgeon hole with wood lathe cut into
the ice any time you move your shack from that location. Unmarked
abandoned holes pose serious safety concerns for people travelling on the lake
and placing the lathe in a snow bank is not sufficient to mark holes.
Good luck to all spearers venturing out on Wednesday! More to come in later
reports.
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Ryan Koenigs
Senior Fisheries Biologist / Winnebago
System Sturgeon Biologist
Wisconsin Department of Natural
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