Spearer nabs record sturgeon

SHERWOOD, Wis. (AP) - The 2010 sturgeon-spearing season has opened in record-setting fashion, as one spearer nabbed a fish weighing a whopping 212 pounds.

The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that Ron Grishaber of Appleton registered the sturgeon Saturday morning. It was 84.2 inches long, or about the height of Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut.

The previous record was a 188-pound sturgeon caught six years ago. That fish was about five inches shorter than Grishaber's.

Dozens of spearers caught fish that weighed at least 100 pounds. A record 34 such fish were registered, with 31 from Lake Winnebago and the other three on upriver lakes.

Lake Winnebago is already at nearly 40 percent of its adult female harvest cap. Upriver lakes are at more than 50 percent of their cap.