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Article: ANNUAL LAKE WINNEBAGO STURGEON SPEAR SEASON ONE FOR RECORD BOOKS

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March 5, 2009
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OSHKOSH, Wis., Feb. 24 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:

The lunker's still out there.

The 230-pound behemoth lake sturgeon netted by state fish crews in the fall eluded the record 10,239 licensed spearers who took to the ice for the 77th consecutive 2009 Lake Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season.

But the separate seasons on the big lake and the Upriver Lakes were still fit for the record books. Sturgeon history was made on day 2 of the season when Amy Van Beek of Menasha threw an 80.8 inch, 168.8 pound female sturgeon out of her shack on Lake Poygan. It was the largest fish ever harvested by a woman spearer, the largest fish ever ...

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