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Day 6 Of The Sturgeon Season Wraps Up with 27 Taken
Day 6 of the 2020 Sturgeon season has wrapped up, with a total of 27 lake sturgeon harvested. Today’s harvest of 17 fish from Lake Winnebago brings the season total to 143 fish, while the 10 fish taken from the Upriver Lakes brings the season total to 187.
Registration numbers have been picking up at Waverly Beach in recent days, with almost half of the fish harvested from Lake Winnebago registered at the Waverly Beach registration station.
The largest fish in today’s harvest was 119.5 pounds, 73.0 inches and registered at Wendt’s by Ronald Goldapske. The largest fish from the Upriver Lakes was 105.8 pounds, 69.6 inches and registered at Critter’s by Tonya Winkelman.