The 2009 statewide hook and line, lake sturgeon season opens Saturday, Sept. 5 and runs through Sept. 30. The season bag limit remains at one fish with a minimum size limit of 60”. Anglers who wish to participate will need to buy a ‘harvest tag’, which costs $20 for residents and $50 for non-residents. This tag is not required to fish for sturgeon, but a regular fishing license is required to fish in any water of the State.
If an angler catches a legal size fish and wishes to keep it, a harvest tag must be immediately applied to the fish. Lake Wisconsin and Wisconsin River sturgeon anglers must then take the fish to one of the following registration stations no later than 6:00 p.m. the following day for registration. Current stations include: Dells Area: River’s Edge Resort; Lake Wisconsin Area: Hookers River Stop, Mi Place Bait; Prairie du Sac: Sauk Prairie Live Bait & Tackle.
“The sturgeon fishery is a valuable and unique resource that we watch closely,” noted conservation warden John Buss, Prairie du Sac. He cautions that possession of an illegal or untagged sturgeon is a crime and may result in a fine of $3,000, a mandatory three-year revocation of all DNR licenses and possibly up to 90 days in jail.
It is also illegal to catch a sturgeon for someone else to tag or possess the tag of another person. Anyone who knows of illegal or untagged sturgeon being taken is asked to call the DNR Hotline at 1-800-847-9367 (1-800-TIP-WDNR) or contact the local conservation warden or Sheriff’s Dept. All information will be kept confidential
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