Today's local paper had a headline banner photo at the top of the front page with a photo of a huge sturgeon with six men in the water holding it. It is 11 feet two inches to the fork, which would make it well over 12 feet the way I would measure it. Caught Sept. 29. Abbotsford Mission Times
http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/news/Prairie+angler+catches+monster+sturgeon+near+Mission/7371166/story.html
Wow! I can't even imagine a fish that big! Plus the article said it was over 100 years old and weighed about 750 pounds. And it said it wasn't even a record. They sure grown 'em big up north! :shock2:
Holy mackerel thats a lotta fish!! I bet that one lays eggs by the billions.
"we saw the first five feet and knew it was quite significant"
I think this might be an understatement. May she continue to lay eggs for another hundred years.
Jerry
Wow, that is one heck of a fish. :holdon:
I'm surprised it remained calm enough for them to get a picture like that. One twitch could send all them boys slinging through the air. :laf:
Sturgeon are highly regulated up here.