Sturgeon fishermen in the Lake Winnebago system proved resilient and resourceful during a season that featured the worst ice conditions in living memory.
Warm weather, rain and high winds in the week before the opening day on Saturday, February 10, had some predicting that the season would be a complete failure and no one would be able to even get on the ice, let alone get a good look at the rink. sturgeon. Conditions were certainly challenging, but some resilient boys and girls persevered every day of the season, which ended on February 25.