When you think it's a 5 pound Walleye !

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When you think it's a 5 pound Walleye !

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It is...it's heavy and puts on a good fight...released for another day...

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Wow! Great pics, Crawler! I wish I cought one like that.
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Post by iankrzyzanowski »

Awsome, seen lots of them through the ice this year and last! Where bouts did ya get him and what on?

Are there different species of sturgeon around here? Cause that one is far more beige than most i have seen!
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Quite a surprise there eh Crawler?
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It's nice to see some smaller sturgeon like that around. I know there is a study going on regarding sturgeon populations in our area(Pembroke/Deep River) It is being done by a University(can't remember which one) and Ontario Hydro. There is talk the population is in trouble and they can't seem to figure out why. It sure is nice to see a small one like that though. If you look real close it looks like that fish is growing a Goatee???????? :lol: :lol: Thats kind of weird. :shock:
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Ransome wrote:Are there different species of sturgeon around here? Cause that one is far more beige than most i have seen!
Congrats!
Ian, I think there might be 3 different species that one can find in the St.Larry's and tribs like the Ottawa. I remember reading that there are definetely lake and atlantic sturgeon. Lake being the more common. There might be one other.

200lbs and up to 6-7 feet for lake sturgeon, but average would be 3-5 feet. 168lbs is Ontario record Lake Sturgeon caught by rod and reel.

St' Larrys and lower Ottawa is considered a range for atlantics which can get up to 15 feet and 800lbs. A fish like that a definite rarity.
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Post by slop »

:shock: WOW :shock: The close-up pics are amazing!

Congrats on a fine and unique catch.
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Too bad a great series of pics like that are going to have to be pulled down from view....(OOS Pic)

All because of a few OOS bass shots and a handful of blow hards........ :roll:

Crawler, congrats on your first sturgeon....I'd like to think I'll got one too one day!

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Nice sturgeon. how was the tussle?
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Congrats on the sturgeon! Nice pics too! #3 is awesome!!! :)
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Fantastic shots, awesome fish.
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Post by nighttroller »

This winter I have pulled one through the hole about that size and had one big one at the hole but I was by myself and couldn't land it alone. I love the pics, they are a cool looking fish.
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Like something from the Land of the Lost...they are COOL.

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Post by Wall-I-Guy »

Congrats on the Sturgeon!

Nice to see!

Loved fishing those as a kid when we were out for Bullheads behind the Public Archives on Wellington.

There's some dandies in the Ottawa River :!:
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Awesome! That is something you'd never see down where I'm from. :D
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