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Article: Sturgeon Thrive in and around Lake Winnebago, Wis.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 7, 2003
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 7--While pollution and overfishing have threatened lake sturgeon nearly everywhere in North America, this strange and bony-plated fish is thriving in and around Lake Winnebago.
No place else in the United States boasts a sturgeon population as big -- and draws as many fishermen -- as Lake Winnebago and its connecting rivers and lakes.
This year's season -- the 100th year that Wisconsin has regulated sturgeon spearing -- begins Saturday, and during a season that could last for 16 days, more than 1,000 of the fish could be taken.
Lake Winnebago ...