SPEARING GIANT LAKE STURGEON (For the last time ever?!?)

[@markjenne1563]

One of the best episodes of the year! Love the excitement that Jake’s family bring to their Sportsman lifestyle.

[@daviddrewiske5434]

Thanks for leading with the Biologist interview! Great job.

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

Great job Jacob!!! I love seeing the anglers or outdoorsmen doing their part and literally be a part of the conservation. But I guess we are with all species, deer, turkey, bears whatever. Hunters and fishermen are the true conservationists. Dang I'd love to tangle with a sturgeon one day. It's mind blowing how old they are!! 54 year old fish!! Crazy....crazy awesome

[@backwoodsbadass7651]

You guys know you are all born to do this stuff, even videos of yours that are about stuff I don't even think Id be interested in I end up watching and wanting to see more or wishing it was longer lol Great videos y'all every single one of your efforts truly show in the quality of your channel

[@delllaptop6958]

Never gone sturgeon spearing, more than likely never will, but it is a fascinating thing that goes on up north! I hope y'all get to enjoy it for years to come!

[@MikeFromUlta]

I really admire how informational you guys make your videos. Especially on matters that need to be talked about and explained. Keep up the hard work fellas!

[@russellwatters5891]

Congratulations! 1968 was the first time I went with my dad and uncles. I was 8 years old, and my dad speared the only sturgeon of his life. Shortly afterwards, I was Florida bound and hadn't been able to try it again. It is/was a rush.. lol 😂😅 Love what ya'll are doing 😊

[@justtinkering6054]

Good job on this video! Best to get the science in first, then show the fishing. What an experience that must be. It looks like it really is a community event.

[@DanielDietrich-nw7pz]

Great interview with the biologist fellas!!! Extremely informative about what is happening and how folks can comment.

[@matthewowens5884]

You guys always post great content I haven’t missed a video and when you guys haven’t posted yet I rewatch the old ones. Keep up the great work

[@robmechanic]

What a great informative video!! As a Florida boy I never heard of spearing sturgeon!!

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@unclewyatt5111]

My favorite video year after year!

[@SmokeJensen]

Always love this video. Was waiting to see if the ice would produce one this year

[@alecfassnacht2931]

Yesssssss love this episode every year

[@markb.1259]

Always look forward to this video each year!!

[@warbirdflyerF4U]

Fantastic Job guys and gals 😊

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Thank you so much 😁

[@mkemm50]

Great informative video like always! The same people are in charge of the outcome of Sturgeon spearing, as the wolf population, I guess we know the answer already !!

[@eugenewall6620]

This was a pretty cool video from someone who grew up on the Gulf coast in south east Texas and now lives in Colorado. That’s one fish I’ve never even been in the right place to catch.

[@JMcNerney21]

YES!!! Been waiting for this boys!

[@lawrencehaley1084]

We love these videos.

[@mikeb6555]

EPIC! Thank you!

[@easternoutdoorsman2521]

I look forward to this every year

[@davidjoy1846]

One of the videos I look most forward to each year.

[@danieljarosz5140]

Great informational video

[@Tutoutdoors]

These videos are so awesome!!

[@turkeyhunter7617]

Sweet video 👍👍

[@free2climbhunting419]

Always looking forward to this one!

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

I now live in Florida, but originally from Michigan. I'll tell you what, absolutely no offense to anyone else but there are no better people then Midwesterners!! The love, the friendliness, the work ethic, the accent😂😂, how well we treat each other. I loooove living here in Florida but dang I get home sick sometimes bad!!! What a cool video!! Always love the sturgeon videos from thp. That means turkeys are fast approaching 😁🦃🦃

[@nataliedeyton6829]

Here in western NC our DNR has a river that is stocked with Sturgeon and has a hatchery that you can go see the baby fish before they are stocked into the French broad. It’s really cool to go see the fish. You can also go see the trout before they are stocked

[@MsMoose1979]

So cool and informative !

[@donnabonning5587]

That was so cool last year when jake and his family were getting them ! just a rush!!

[@ZacReyes-o1t]

Good Ole princeton, best part of this town when the sturgeon spawn

[@tylermaassen]

My favorite video of the year

[@jarrodlambert3914]

Awsome content dang

[@masontaylor3209]

Sheeeshhhh the boys posted ❤

[@joshbowers8663]

This looks like a good time

[@johndarling6604]

Great video Jake! Hopefully everyone supports their local darkhouse associations!

[@justinbarnes2606]

Yes !!!!!!

[@kenaidog6974]

I grew up in Shawano and remember petting 10 footers back in the 70s when they were spawning.

[@kylepawelczyk163]

I grew up in shawano aswell, always enjoy watching the sturgeon

[@ScotWalt858]

All good!

[@ScoMar-pl5ip]

Grew up in Shawano also. Memories of watching a WDNR guy get flipped into the river when he got ahold of the tail end of an 8 footer, south of the Shawano dam.

[@StevensMyName777]

Wisconsin is the only State during the winter they will contest out on the ice to Win A Bagel 🥯 ... With coffee ☕ that is! Could be a town or camper. I'll let you figure out my pun! Great Video

[@TheIowaXperience]

Fantastic use of "on the horn".

[@gradyareds5553]

Grabs second bottle smacks the pipe 😂 love it

[@gordo66061]

Hunting anything with a spear must be a killer adrenal rush

[@fishinbigkings]

I was about to ask are you sure this was last year!? Because I thought that the ice was not great as well, but then I remembered I did'nt spear because I forgot to buy my tag, lol. great vid guys!

[@nicklesfamilyadventure]

I love it

[@Landonf10783]

This video was awesome keep it up guys! I was wondering if you guys would be at the NWTF sports show this year?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Yes we are

[@Landonf10783]

Ok thank you

[@m710a8]

Is that in prinnceton for spawning? I take my kids to see that it is awesome sight to see

[@jerryscray1789]

Dang right down the road from my house wish i knew

[@larrypiatt6185]

Great video

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

We need a THP soundtrack with all of Mr Jim rysers music from all the videos!!

[@vballman14]

Is that the driftless glen distillery in the background of your spawning footage at the beginning?!

[@donnabonning5587]

Are they good eating??

[@adriandavis7384]

Great job using your platform for information. Anyone who has caught one, big or small, (even by accident) should appreciate this fish. The wolf harvest is another firiey subject. There is a lot of opinions and information both sides don't want to listen to.

[@Kurtdog63]

Is there a prep and cooking video?

[@goober698]

In Florida them and paddle fish are protected with a hefty fine

[@mrzjohnson4]

One day I’m making the trip from NH

[@Aburgess1234]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cooterbrown1703]

what is the hand held unit they are waving over the fish at the check station?

[@freetimeoffshore3157]

Checking for chips or transponders

[@tysonames5016]

What do you guys do with them once they are harvested? Do they taste good?

[@michaeleisner1824]

Smoked sturgeon is the best

[@Inglewood510]

Anyone goes out Saturday morning be careful. Ice is soft and the winds that came through last night was shacking the windows on my house . Mile from the lake

[@fixtritephil7712]

Michigan season canceled due to ice conditions..

[@rylanrussell1514]

What’s the tool that looks like a metal detector type of thing they are running over the fish at the weigh in stations ?

[@TheHuntingPublic]

Checking for tags in fish

[@BenPfaff-pp3od]

A pit tag just like the tag that they put in pets. Able to figure out some of the fishes life history.

[@stephenmanukas7601]

It doesn't sound like the situation is that bad. Sounds like the biologists have enough evidence to prevent the season from closing.

[@louishensler1416]

Well, this probably isn't happening this year😭

[@davidzellers3537]

You all (lady in the beginning of video) made the comment that there was only 40k sturgeon left I dis agree. I live just south of Memphis on Mississippi River in North Mississippi and we bank fish for catfish with night crawlers and redworms and it’s nothing to catch 15 to 20 sometimes many more at each trip ranging from 2 to 4 lbs and some time much larger. These fish do migrate. This is one of the oldest species left on earth dating back to to Cretaceous period( dinosaur days). Note we do not keep any of these fish.

[@geraldmcclintock2567]

@davidzlers - she was talking only about one lake . The lake Winnebago system alone has 40k adult sturgeon .

[@markdemi2164]

no beer coolers required

[@mhking136]

Black Lake Boosters

[@tolt1776]

Now i know why Washington is letting the sea lions decimate the sturgeon in Columbia river.

[@svenngunnarrustgard1228]

Damn the bots are out in force

[@radekskacha8143]

😀😀😀👍👍👍

[@jasonspeakman15061]

Have to keep the traditional ways around. Please remind us when we can voice our opinion to keep it going. We have got to stick together and the amount of ppl THP reaches we can make a difference. Without hunting and fishing the money for conservation is non existent.

[@RhettFletcher-ee2vw]

Are these fish good to eat?

[@chamber.it30.06]

54 dollars for a Hoodie wtfff

[@JD-mn8cx]

Imagine that weaponization of the endanger species act.

[@louisgerrain8944]

I'd be curious to know what entity petitioned the USF&W to list sturgeon as endangered? My guess would be some animal rights group.

[@zinfendal0]

These crazies that are NO WHERE near Lake Winnebago tell us how to manage a lake 5 minutes frome my house... i yearly take my grandsons to see the spawn. The DNR use to have a great program to do the spawning watch. That the wardens killed during cv19 i did it a few times. The last time I did the watch, the wardens I had contact with shouldn't even have any badge period.

[@jdjdjdj-xx2je]

Whos eating these adult sturgeon and all the mercury in them?

[@cassandrafrank4261]

Leave it to Brandon!

[@jjjames6861]

It's illegal to keep sturgeon in Tennessee

[@mikem201]

Whole different thing this spearfishing. Why not also hunt deer with a spear like that Wells fella Hunting Public? It'll be a totally new thing to add to the bow and muzzle loader hunts.

[@clairromandia4035]

✌️ *Promosm*

[@real2x542]

I don’t get it

[@mikeclement5383]

They ruined the Sturgeon in Lake Erie by over fishing them...

[@patrickshea7992]

WDNR might be the gold standard in when it come to sturgeon, but when it comes to everything else they have let the people of Wisconsin down again an again. They have lost sight and have become completely worthless to people who hunt and fish. Hard to find anyone who has anything nice to say about the WDNR. Travel around the state and the disappointment is easy to find. It's sad that they have pushed away outdoorsman for political objectives.

[@Rxhmr]

Yup the Wi dnr is useless

[@seanhansen9383]

What everyone needs to remember is that the biologists, fisheries/wildlife techs and wardens do their jobs the best they can and it the bureaucrats that ignore and overrule what the biologists say

[@patrickshea7992]

@seanhansen9383 I agree that politicians are a huge problem. The biologists for the DNR don't care about hunting and fishing. It has become clear that all they care about is money. They also will never admit to mistakes they have made. They align too well with the politicians, and that is part of the problem.

[@adamrichmond5965]

The wardens are part of the biggest problem, all of them are 5 feet tall, pissed off, arrogant and lack any common sense and they are the people directly interacting with outdoorsman

[@seanhansen9383]

@@adamrichmond5965 then you have had very different interactions with wardens than I have. Keep in mind I have screwed up and received citations on a few occasions from WI wardens. But I screwed up and misunderstood something the wardens were awesome and understanding explained the regulations to me and yes I got the citation but never lost license, never had gear confiscated

[@larrymiller672]

Mb not gonna happen this year.

[@Bewelnak1]

The antihunting world is branching out into fishing and this sturgeon situation is only the start. It was low hanging fruit for them to start with years ago. They use the esl and then pick away. This is a serious deal for sturgeon spearing and fishing, but bigger picture, this is the crack that the anti fishing will use. Thanks for all the great videos THP and thanks for sharing the details of the sturgeon situation in WI. Do not trust anything the center for biological diversity says or does if you enjoy hunting and fishing

[@workout3676]

Why would you want to kill a fish that could be 40 yo 50 years old.

[@champony6245]

Like we can trust our representatives and the government! Sure!

[@Mark-s6f]

Ya ya blame it on next guy sounds like they shutting it down even tho they still have good numbers ...sounds political sad sad

[@jamesuecker5759]

The DNR & US Fish&Wildlife are a joke just look at are wolf issues are enough said

[@johnnyhatch9052]

Honestly how could you treat a Sturgeon with such disrespect? Unsubscribed.

[@kevincrowe2404]

I hope they ban it, crap way to fish