That dude that fished for river monsters would have loved this

https://x.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1766822584065089733?s=20

That's amazing I have been thinking of going after them out of a kayak if I can find a place the caters to kayak fisherman

Huge.

Now some druken Scotsman will call it Nessy😂

That one must be 100 years old. Hope it makes it.

Apparently they used to be so plentiful that they'd net them and stack them like cordwood to burn in the winter. Their meat is very oily.

https://annarborchronicle.com/2012/02/28/in-the-archives-from-cordwood-to-caviar/index.html

Sturgeon is delicious, especially Smoked!

We have Lake Sturgeon where I fish, no where near as big as White Sturgeon, unfortunately. If you get caught keeping one, the fine is $200,000.00 plus 5 years in Prison.

We've gone to this place a few times over the years. Before I knew much about them I was under the impression they were selling Sturgeon to the general public

https://fwfarms.com/fun-at-the-farm/sturgeon-petting-zoo/

A decent size Lake Sturgeon I caught a couple of years ago, I think the record where I am from is 116 lbs.

KFWA;
Top of the morning to you from a couple valleys east of the sturgeon, I hope this finds you well.

Our fellow 'Fire member EdM has fished for sturgeon in the Fraser and has posted photos of a couple dandy fish he and his wife caught.

For the life of me I can't remember off the top of my head which outfitter he recommended.

This fellow is married to a friend's sister, but I've never met him in person. He has caught some very outsized fish and put photos up on social media.

https://www.fraserriversturgeon.com/

A longtime friend and hunting and fishing partner and I have been kicking around doing a trip out west for years now. Somehow life just hasn't quite lined up to do that, but friends have done it and it comes highly recommended.

Hope that helped.

All the best.

Dwayne

Fraser River.

What did you pay the guide for a day on the Fraser?

Them White Sturgeon get massive, I wish we had them here!

damn!

Ed, how long was that sturgeon?

I want to see one of those in the wild

mark;
Good morning to you sir, I trust the weekend behaved and this finds you all well.

While I'm obviously not Ed, his look to be close to the 10' mark give or take - to me.

Here's a link to the story about the biggest one taken recently.

https://www.sturgeonslayers.com/news/largest-white-sturgeon-ever-recorded-on-the-fraser-river

Talking to friends who've gone where Ed was fishing, it's not super unusual to get into the 8' plus range.

All the best.

Dwayne

We went with Sturgeon Slayers as linked by Dwayne. This was our first fish, a nine foot one IIRC. We fished for three days and caught eighteen fish. Each fish was documented, length, girth in three places and chipped if needed. A hot lunch on the boat. Cost was a grand a day with up to four people allowed. Pretty reasonable. Upon strike every fish will launch straight up fully out of the water then the work begins.

Had probably a ten foot one breach next to me while I was floating down the Rogue.

Buddy of mine beached one he caught in downtown Portland about 20 years ago. He thought it went 12 feet. He was in a little aluminum boat and the only way he could get it unhooked was to take it to shore.

That sounds like a blast Ed. Incredible fish.

The Columbia, Snake, and several others on the west Coast also have “oversized” sturgeon. My biggest was 9ft when they used to still let us fish the breeding grounds right below Bonneville dam. Hooked several in the 8ft range in the Reach when salmon fishing. That wasn’t much fun.

Wow the fish referenced in the link looks absolutely prehistoric. Incredible fish indeed.

Damn that’s harsh

In Tennessee, the fish cops probably just confiscate your 1978 Beau James chevy with glass packs and Thrush sticker

Sure is!

There used to be Thousands in the North Saskatchewan River, they were fished and sold at fish markets to near extinction, back in the early 1900's

They are a blast to catch, the one in the picture went for an 80 yard run. I had one on that was at least 90 to 100 lbs. Bastird straighten out my hook when I got him to shore and he saw me.

He had the same reaction that women do when they see me

My late Grandfather used to tell me stories about an Indian ditch tender who worked for the irrigation district when he was a little boy.
Apparently this Indian would stand on the bank of our river with a long sharpened pole. He would wait for a large wake and spear the sturgeon as they came by. A huge one rolled and broke his spear once. They found the 12 footer in the brush the next morning. This would have been sometime in the late 1920's or early 30's.

In the mid 80’s I was fishing at Sturgeon Landing, SK where the Sturgeon-Weir river empties into Namew Lake right on the MB border. We were catching walleye on mister twister tipped jigs when I got a snag. We were wrapping up for the evening anyway so pulled anchor and motored over to try pull the snag from above it. After yanking on the “snag” a few times it slowly started swimming upstream. We followed for a bit but it was clear that I wasn’t even hindering the sturgeon’s motion with my 8lb test walleye setup. I pulled by hand until the knot snapped at the jig head. I have no clue how big the fish was - would’ve been cool see it. They look almost armor plated so would’ve been interesting to see where I snagged it with that small hook.

It’s impressive seeing them jump and will scare the snot out of you!

"fizzing" a large grouper

https://x.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1767649417740366236?s=20

That is crazy that a fish can be saved by stabbing it with a fillet knife.

I think you have to know where the swim bladder is but it looks like that does work