Wisconson Record Sturgeon?

[Amphibious]

I hear through the grape vine a 212lb sturgeon was taken spearfishing recently in your state?

 

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Spearer Nabs Sturgeon Weighing Record 212 Pounds - Milwaukee News Story - WISN Milwaukee

"SHERWOOD, Wis. -- The 2010 sturgeon-spearing season has opened in record-setting fashion, as one spearer nabbed a fish weighing a whopping 212 pounds.
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that Ron Grishaber of Appleton registered the sturgeon Saturday morning. It was 84.2 inches long, or about the height of Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut."

 

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i couldn't help but laugh at a comment on my previous post.

"sturgeon should not be speared. Real sportsmen will fish for this amazing fish and then make a decision to keep or throw them back after landing legal ones. This is a very sad event. These fish take forever to mature and reproduce very slowly. Spearing these fish is a sport for the fat, lazy, and true UNsportsman."


"Spearing these fish is a sport for the fat, lazy, and true UNsportsman.""

hahaha so sitting on your boat, drinking a beer, for half a day is for the lean and active?"

 

[Amphibious]

are these speared through ice holes from the surface?

 

[Jon]

Yes, it's illegal to spear them while diving.

Jon

 

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I heard from my buddy that the 200lb+ sturgeon was taken at lake winnebago from above the ice. they cut a small hole and wait for the fish to come check it out, then they hit it with a pole.