I had arranged to ride onto the lake on opening day with a woman named Gina Popp, who drove me out to her family’s shanty. The spearhead is attached to a rope, which is essential for pulling up a massive fish fighting for its life.Īl Blizel from the Department of Natural Resources examines a freshly speared sturgeon Photo by Chris McPherson Sturgeon in Lake Winnebago cannot be “caught.” The only legal way to obtain one is with a spear: Think six-foot-long, 15-pound, five-pronged pitchfork. Sturgeon-spearing season started at dawn the next morning. (It didn’t.) There was nothing I could do but watch as Muche wielded a chain saw through 16 inches of ice, carving out a rectangular fishing hole. I brought out my recorder, hoping it might pick up more than just the howling of the wind. Within five minutes of stepping onto the ice, my fingers went numb, the ink in my pen froze, and I can only imagine what thoughts must have run through Muche’s head when he saw me take out my iPhone and hold it up in the air, recording a video of him for a solid ten seconds before my device promptly shut itself down. Muche parked the truck next to a shanty he was setting up for his 12-year-old son and grabbed his chain saw from the back seat. Paul Muche, one of his sons, and a friend hoping to spot a sturgeon on opening day Photo by Chris McPherson
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