MDC staff raise and release lake sturgeon
Posted By NewsEngine On September 30, 2012 (3:27 am) In Fishing News
Posted By NewsEngine On September 30, 2012 (3:27 am) In Fishing News
Travis Moore reached into a fish hatchery tank and with one hand picked up a young fish, one that in the next century might require three people to lift. The squirming, six-inch lake sturgeon he held is capable of growing into a giant that long outlives biologists trying to save the species' future.
The biggest lake sturgeon can reach eight feet and 300 pounds. This year, biologists in a northern state measured an egg-producing female lake sturgeon that weighed 240 pounds and was more than seven feet long.
"They believe that it was 125 years old," Moore said, "which means she was...
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