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  2. Pallid sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The pallid sturgeon is one of the largest freshwater fish species in North America. They are generally between 30 and 60 inches (76 and 152 cm) in length and weigh as much as 85 pounds (39 kg). [3] [4] The species is ancient and has remained virtually unchanged for 70 million years, since the Cretaceous period.

  3. Sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    Several species can grow quite large, typically ranging 2–3.5 m (7–12 ft) in length. The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga female captured in the Volga Delta in 1827, measuring 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) long and weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb).

  4. Lake sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.

  5. Ice conditions for sturgeon spearing still vary widely by day ...

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    The biggest sturgeon of the season, to date, is Kurt Knoll's 148-pound female, which he speared out of the Upriver Lakes Feb. 17. Of the sturgeon harvested this year so far, eight have weighed ...

  6. Saving sturgeon: How a hatchery program revived the white ...

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    White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America. They look prehistoric, with bony, dinosaur-esque scales called scutes, and they get huge — some grow longer than 10 feet, and ...

  7. Beluga (sturgeon) - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest freshwater fish in the world. The beluga also rivals the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) for the title of largest actively predatory fish. [10] [11] The largest accepted record is of a female taken in 1827 in the Volga estuary at 1,571 kg (3,463 lb) and 7.2 m (23 ft ...

  8. Remember when sturgeon spearing only yielded eight fish ... - AOL

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    Sturgeon spearing is a Wisconsin tradition since 1932, but 1969 and 1973 are tied for the worst harvests, with eight fish each. ... The largest sturgeon caught that year didn't crack 100 pounds ...

  9. Green sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The largest reported green sturgeon weighed about 159 kg (351 lb) and was 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) in length. [30] The largest green sturgeon have been aged at 42 years, but this is probably an underestimate, and maximum ages of 60–70 years or more are likely. [5]