Huge Sturgeon (Pic)

[Flag!!Man]

Co worker of mine emailed this to me;  not sure of authenticity ect. ect.  but thought guys would enjoy seeing it...

LAKE ERIE STURGEON

 

 

For those who don't know-- Wheatley is about 30 miles from Harrow on Lake Erie .
NO COMPUTER TRICK PHOTO HERE!!!!!!!    THIS IS  ONTARIO !

FYI:  This Sturgeon is still alive, worn out from the fight.   They turned him loose after the photo.                                                        



TWO CREEKS CONSERVATION AREA,   Wheatley , ON (at Lake Erie ) 11/19/2007

It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs and measured out at 11'1'. It was  56' around the girth; and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns reeling it in.....  

Any Sturgeon  OVER  five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from the water.  
They are brood/breeding stock and probably older than most of us.
 

Forwarded by;

 

Don Rutherford
Goodman Janitorial Supply
355 North Street
Rochester, N.Y.  14605

[Huntyeraws]

Don,

I believe that is a real picture...but the location is not Lake Erie but somewhere in the Pacific NW - probably the Columbia River.   That appears to be a white sturgeon not a lake sturgeon.  Lake sturgeon do not grow to that size.

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=235072

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=6286

The internet... a sucker born every minute...

[Raquettedacker]

Thats still a sweet picture  "DON" thanks for for sharing it....

[Jigger Don]

that fish is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jigmastergeneral]

Imagine catching that through the ice!!

[fishon22]

 

[Flag!!Man]

Imagine bringing it to the taxidermist,,   guy could retire...LOL

[SebagoSlayer]

Imagine bringing it to the taxidermist,,   guy could retire...LOL

Thats funny 

[acejigger]

Co worker of mine emailed this to me;  not sure of authenticity ect. ect.  but thought guys would enjoy seeing it...

LAKE ERIE STURGEON
(Image removed from quote.)
 

 

For those who don't know-- Wheatley is about 30 miles from Harrow on Lake Erie .
NO COMPUTER TRICK PHOTO HERE!!!!!!!    THIS IS  ONTARIO !

FYI:  This Sturgeon is still alive, worn out from the fight.   They turned him loose after the photo.                                                        



TWO CREEKS CONSERVATION AREA,   Wheatley , ON (at Lake Erie ) 11/19/2007

It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs and measured out at 11'1'. It was  56' around the girth; and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns reeling it in.....  

Any Sturgeon  OVER  five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from the water.  
They are brood/breeding stock and probably older than most of us.
 

Forwarded by;

 

Don Rutherford
Goodman Janitorial Supply
355 North Street
Rochester, N.Y.  14605

i heard that in ny u cant do that....there are dec. posters saying they will fine you. money and jail time in ny? this is on the wall in dexter ny. the dec posted it....they come in every spring. they have been putting out nets and shocking them. then tag them.

[Raquettedacker]

Imagine bringing it to the taxidermist,,   guy could retire...LOL

I would start doing fish again......

[icefisherman10990]

awsome catch

[CaptBlye]

I think we need a bigger auger!!!! LOL...

[Flag!!Man]

Look at the 2nd to the last guy's face on the right...LOL       

[adkwiley]

I would have no idea what to do if i caught somthign that big and I was alone!  That thing is bigger than my canoe and my aluminium v hull!

[fishlakegeorge]

I have a feeling that those primitive fish will be gone someday soon. They should be protected. I just don't want to swim where they are!

[jackfrost]

How many spikes would you need on a hook to catch that monster

[acejigger]

How many spikes would you need on a hook to catch that monster

just 3 otherwise you would b wasting your spikes.

[GDominy12]

donkenstein!

[afwrestler1986]

i heard that in ny u cant do that....there are dec. posters saying they will fine you. money and jail time in ny? this is on the wall in dexter ny. the dec posted it....they come in every spring. they have been putting out nets and shocking them. then tag them.

Yeah, I have heard jail time for touching one, let alone pulling out of the water.

[upstate bass2]

I have caught 4 short nose sturgeon while striper fishing  in the Hudson over the last few years. They where only 3 to 4 feet long . The short nose sturgeon don't get much bigger than that.

[jconge]

so these guys are out fishing for it on purpose? i mean a fish like that could be 50-100 years old and they play it for 6 hours and it takes 4 different guys, if you have to hand off the rod, cut the line, the fish beat you, i just think its unfair to have a host of people reeling in a fish. they are amazing though, and i hope they can survive

[northernnyice]

i knew the one i caught was small but jesus!! That thing could eat the one i caught haha

[acejigger]

this is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa to old. let it go.