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MFF US Northeast => New York => Topic started by: got em on Oct 22, 2014, 12:16 PM

Title: sturgeon
Post by: got em 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

Title: Re: sturgeon
Post by: RIVERRAT2 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??
 ;D ;D ;D
RAT

Title: Re: sturgeon
Post by: RIVERRAT2 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??
 ;D ;D ;D
RAT

Title: Re: sturgeon
Post by: ripple 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  ::)

Title: Re: sturgeon
Post by: got em 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: ...

Title: Re: sturgeon
Post by: OTIS 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.

Title: Re: sturgeon
Post by: Mac Attack on Oct 23, 2014, 03:31 PM

what kind of operation did you have RAT?

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