sturgeon report from this past weekend.

evileddie713 · #1 06-03-2013, 01:21 PM

Went out fishing every day since Thursday. Caught my 3rd and 4th sturgeon of the year. Both young! I have seen more sturgeon under the 2' mark this year then big guys. Here are some quick pics I snapped before I hastily returned them to the water.

BGSH · #2 06-03-2013, 01:38 PM

Great pics, thoughs black spots on him, is that a disease? i have caught pike with the same thing and was told it's a disease?

evileddie713 · #3 06-03-2013, 01:42 PM

I don't believe so. Wayne's pics of the small sturgeon have the same spots. I think its camouflage that goes away as the fish grows. But that's just speculation on my part. Maybe someone else will chime in with some facts.

CanadianBadass · #4 06-03-2013, 01:53 PM

It was fun man, Next time we will head to my secret Spot and try out there, That tiny sturgeon was so cool, it was sweet the look on your face " Its a sturgeon ! " lol lol not a walleye or goldeye what you were expecting lol

the local angler · #5 06-03-2013, 07:16 PM

thats the good news is there are tons of little guys which would mean the future is looking bright for the sturgeon. i hope i get some sturgeon in this year.

AppleJax · #6 06-03-2013, 07:16 PM

Great job again Eddie! I hope I can catch a couple small ones this year they look a lot more interesting. Maybe see you and Badass out there again one of these days. Keep up the good work

WayneChristie · #7 06-03-2013, 07:52 PM

I asked the biologist about the spots after a thread on here blaming ammonia in the water, he said its natural, some have spots some dont. Havent caught any bigger ones with them so maybe they just fade away, or I just havent caught the right ones. I will keep trying

Alberta Bigbore · #8 06-03-2013, 07:53 PM

Nice fish, congrats

CanadianBadass · #9 06-03-2013, 09:00 PM

there was a report on the river last year saying it hadn't been as clean in over 100 years, and is at its cleanest ever recorded , so I doubt it has anything to do with that, look at this sturgeon, it has like multi colors ( in the pic below ) . I am starting to think that there must be several types of breads of sturgeon in this system, I have seen so many now, and a lot of them look different from the last , Here is an example

and here iare a few that look different in the same size range

pdfish · #10 06-03-2013, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

there was a report on the river last year saying it hadn't been as clean in over 100 years, and is at its cleanest ever recorded , so I doubt it has anything to do with that, look at this sturgeon, it has like multi colors ( in the pic below ) . I am starting to think that there must be several types of breads of sturgeon in this system, I have seen so many now, and a lot of them look different from the last , Here is an example

Only one breed in the NSR, lake sturgeon

CanadianBadass · #11 06-03-2013, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by pdfish

Only one breed in the NSR, lake sturgeon

Lol yes I know that , really..... ? did you just say that,

I meant different breads of Lake sturgeon, , just some having looked so much different

FishingFrenzy · #12 06-03-2013, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

Lol yes I know that , really..... ? did you just say that,

I meant different breads of Lake sturgeon, , just some having looked so much different

Color variation in fish can be a result of water quality, diet, natural variation, time of year, water temp, gender etc.
All of them should be the exact same species.

It happens with most fish that you get some that look a lil different. Its most easily seen in brook trout and bull trout IMO but almost all species i've encountered have a great deal of variation. With some exception, all lake sturgeon are genetically the same.

BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES · #13 06-03-2013, 10:18 PM

Just like walleye some green some darn near black others white , there all different . I love that there's so many little ones .

waterninja · #14 06-04-2013, 02:08 AM

great to see all the reports of sturgeon that your catching eddie. keep it up.

AppleJax · #15 06-04-2013, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

Lol yes I know that , really..... ? did you just say that,

I meant different breads of Lake sturgeon, , just some having looked so much different

Could be a genetic variation. All fish probably have the gene, only some show it. Just like blonde/red/brunette hair, blue/green/brown eyes in humans. Maybe the spotted sturgeon are the gingers of this fish world... Of course, this is just my theory, I'm certainly not a biologist or genetecist. Just a fisherman...

CanadianBadass · #16 06-04-2013, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by AppleJax

Could be a genetic variation. All fish probably have the gene, only some show it. Just like blonde/red/brunette hair, blue/green/brown eyes in humans. Maybe the spotted sturgeon are the gingers of this fish world... Of course, this is just my theory, I'm certainly not a biologist or genetecist. Just a fisherman...

Lol made my day... " GINGERS OF THE FISH WORLD" LOL LOL

AppleJax · #17 06-04-2013, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

Lol yes I know that , really..... ? did you just say that,

I meant different breads of Lake sturgeon, , just some having looked so much different

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Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

Lol made my day... " GINGERS OF THE FISH WORLD" LOL LOL

Appears to be a camoflauge for young sturgeon....so much for my Ginger theory... http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module07/Juvenile.htm

BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES · #18 06-04-2013, 07:23 PM

Evileddie , congrats man forgot to mention it last night .

hardcorefisher · #19 06-05-2013, 01:41 PM

Nice!