<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1pw0Nm_18u8RYax00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1pw0Nm_18u8RYax00" width="1320" height="743" >WINNECONNE, Wis. (WLUK) -- For Branden Ahrens, growing up on Lake Winnebago, sturgeon spearing became a longtime family tradition.Now, he's passing it on to his sons, Radyn, 12, and Ryker, 14, on Lake Poygan."We had six of them before eight o'clock this morning on the ice. Right away this morning, 7:01, I heard, we heard screaming. My sister got one and then like 7:15 and then like it was bang, bang, bang and then these two (Radyn and Ryker) ended up hopping in the shack together. We were all just kind of celebrating in another shack and all of a sudden he started screaming and we all ran over there and ripped the door open," said Branden.This is Ryker's third year sturgeon spearing.He brought one in weighing 38 pounds."I was just waiting and it came right below my feet and I waited until it below me. I mean, I speared it," said Ryker. His brother Radyn is getting to experience the sport for the first time this year.The sturgeon he brought in for registration was a bit heavier at 111.2 pounds."Ryker was yelling at me because I wasn't paying attention to the hole. I was just like daydreaming off. And then right after he said that, he went, Oh, big sturgeon, big sturgeon. And I just threw it. I got him," said Radyn."He's got a bigger fish than I've ever got. So I've been doing this for, I don't know, I started doing it with my dad when I was like five," said Branden. One reason Branden, Radyn and Ryker, along with all the other sturgeon spearers in Northeast Wisconsin have been so successful, is really simple. They can easily see the fish."I mean the water clarity was good," said Branden.On the upriver lakes, 175 fish were speared on Saturday. Another 75 came in Sunday.The 90% trigger has been hit on the Upriver Lakes.Spearers who still have a tag for the Upriver Lakes can continue to spear until 1 p.m. Monday.</div></body>

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WINNECONNE, Wis. (WLUK) -- For Branden Ahrens, growing up on Lake Winnebago, sturgeon spearing became a longtime family tradition. Now, he's passing it on to his sons, Radyn, 12, and Ryker, 14, on Lake Poygan. "We had six of them before eight o'clock this morning on the ice. Right away...

Sturgeon spearers see more success on day 2, first-timer gets 111-pound fish

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WINNECONNE, Wis. (WLUK) -- For Branden Ahrens, growing up on Lake Winnebago, sturgeon spearing became a longtime family tradition. Now, he's passing it on 

Sturgeon spearers see more success on day 2, first-timer gets 111-pound fish

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