Coldest Catch: Extreme Ice Fishing on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin
Published: Feb. 12, 2024, 8:06 a.m.
Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin is home in some of the best ice fishing in the state. Would you spend a day on the ice?
Portable tents are set up a few hundred yards off shore by Waverly Beach Bar & Grille at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Menasha, WisMen stand by next to a partially submerged shanty at Cowling Bay at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in the Town of Vinland, WisUnused shanties are stored on land owned by Ike Loewe along Faro Springs Road at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Hilbert, WisVolunteer Keeley Thiele, left, Green Bay Fisheries technician Mel Mohr and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Eastern District Fisheries supervisor David Boyarski, right, wait patiently for any arrivals of sturgeon fish at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in the parking lot of the Stockbridge Harbor Bar in Stockbridge, Wis. The three were going over sturgeon registration procedures to make sure the fish are checked for tags, weighed, measured and checked for sexPortable tents are set up a few hundred yards off shore by Waverly Beach Bar & Grille at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Menasha, WisPeople check out the ice conditions at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in front of Waverly Beach Bar & Grille in Menasha, WisOpen water is visable just off the shore in front of the Stockbridge Harbor Bar at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Stockbridge, WisA sign warns citizens of poor ice conditions at Firelane 8 at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Menasha, WisLarge ice shoves block a boat launch at Calument County Park at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Hilbert , WisUnused shanties are stored on a farm along Lakeshore Drive at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Hilbert, WisTravis Whitney, left, of Berlin, and Paul Leisten of Redgranite unload their gear at Cowling Bay at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in the Town of Vinland, WisBrock Delebreau, left, of Luxemberg, and Matt Wood of Milwaukee organize their spearing gear at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Waverly Beach Bar & Grille in Menasha, WisPeople depart the ice at Cowling Bay at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in the Town of Vinland, WisJeff Parks of Appleton checks out the ice conditions at Firelane 8 at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Menasha, Wis. Parks has caught eight sturgeon over his lifetime but chose not to participate this year due to the poor ice conditionsLarge ice shoves line shore at Calument County Park at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Hilbert , WisUnused shanties are stored on land owned by Ike Loewe along Faro Springs Road at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Hilbert, WisKevin Lane of Wakefield, MI, left, and Brock Delebreau of Luxemberg head out to the ice at the start of the 2024 sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Waverly Beach Bar & Grille in Menasha, Wis
