Margaret Stadig, chief sturgeon biologist for the Wisconsin DNR, doesn’t mind getting up close to a 100-pound lake sturgeon as she and other members of the DNR’s sturgeon team gathered April 15 at Bamboo Bend, a popular Wolf River sturgeon viewing spot the Wolf River. eastern side of Shiocton, Wisconsin.
Thousands of sturgeon make the annual spawning trip up the Wolf River from Lake Winnebago. Although most of them return to Winnebago or the upper lakes after spawning, others go upstream to Shawano Dam.
Sturgeon eggs in Wisconsin’s Wolf River attract curious onlookers
