By Robert Kennedy
Apr 23, 2021 3:32 AM
PESHTIGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The spawning run is on for sturgeon in the rivers and streams flowing into the waters of Green Bay, and a new vantage point over the Peshtigo River gives spectators a never-before look at the prehistoric fish.
After about a 14-mile swim upstream, hundreds of sturgeon gather on Thursday below the dam on the Peshtigo River.
“Tails were going out. You could see they’re spawning right now,” said Mike Donofrio, DNR Fisheries Team Supervisor.
Donofrio tells FOX 11 male sturgeon have been in that part of the river for weeks, but in the last couple days, the females arrived.