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sturgeon
« on: Oct 22, 2014, 12:16 PM »
  :'( heard of a 12 ft sturgeon found dead on the east side of the hudson river in new baltimore... :o

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Re: sturgeon
« Reply #1 on: Oct 22, 2014, 01:44 PM »
that is VERY possible, i have seen a lot of them rolling from cementon
to about stuyvesant,i think feds were stocking them at about 6ft??
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Re: sturgeon
« Reply #2 on: Oct 22, 2014, 02:20 PM »
ALSO NOTE-there are TWO types of sturgeon in the hudson river
1- the big one the atlantic sturgeon
2-the shortnose sturgeon[ i caught them when fishing for shad by green island and  fed dam]
as far as i know you cannot keep them??
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Re: sturgeon
« Reply #3 on: Oct 22, 2014, 08:33 PM »
Come on gotem' , you know who told the story, the incredible one who also had to lift 150 lbs while getting his colon examined  ::)

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Re: sturgeon
« Reply #4 on: Oct 23, 2014, 12:11 PM »
sturegon in the hudson......both types are endangered....the incredible one...well he's one of a kind... :laugh: ...

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Re: sturgeon
« Reply #5 on: Oct 23, 2014, 01:12 PM »
There are several species in NYS.  Twelve foot seems large for any of these species, but not impossible.  They stock the smaller species in Oneida Lake and there regularly being caught six feet and over.  That's a far cry from twelve feet, but still a huge fresh water fish.
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Re: sturgeon
« Reply #6 on: Oct 23, 2014, 03:31 PM »
what kind of operation did you have RAT?

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