Now Here's A Fish Story

[Bman]

This is a darn interesting picture and story even if you aren't into fishing, but please show it to anyone you know that likes to fish.

FYI: This sturgeon is still alive, just worn out from the fight. They turned him loose after the photo.

This Sturgeon was caught on the Willamette River just below Oregon City two weeks ago. It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs and measured out

at 11'1'. It was 56' around the girth and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns at the reeling it in.

Any Sturgeon OVER about five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from the water.

They are brood / breeding stock and probably older than most of us.

[OKFlyFisher44]

HOLY CRAP!

Thats amazing....heh...could you imagine catching that on a fly rod....geez!

[MOFishwater]

That's an amazing fish! I sent this to a friend and was ribbed because its apparently gone around the email world with a lot of incorrect info on location, etc. Here's a link my friend sent me:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/giant-sturgeon.html

I cant imagine fighting something that size, what an awesome fish

[Bman]

well if it is a hoax...my dissclaimer is in the subject line"now here's a fish story"

[chub minnow]

The date is definitely off. I saw this picture in a magazine (Field and Stream?) last summer. Definitely a real fish though -WOW!