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Originally Posted by Bjay
Hi guys
a little info on sturgen. Males can mature around 15 years of age, females around 30 years of age. Because of this longjevity and the fact they are bottom feeders they are usually full of heavy metals. For that reason you don't want to eat them. The can also live up to a 100 years in some rivers if the heavy metals don't kill them first. You really don't want to kill something that lives that long anyway. I caught lots of them up to 9 feet long. They look like they could be a real tough fish, but like any other fish, if you let then go too soon after capture they will roll over and die when you let them go.
Bjay
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As already indicated multiple times in this thread, Lake Sturgeon are strictly C&R in Alberta.
I am going to assume that you are from/in BC if you are catching 9' fish.
While I agree that we should handle all fish as gently as possible, and give them time to recover from a long fight, they are one of the hardiest fish we have and probably have a higher C&R survival rate than any other freshwater species in Western Canada. Just my opinion.
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