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Mike S
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Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 01:21 pm |
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My father in law sent me this pic and thought the members would get a kick out of it:
This Sturgeon was caught at TWO CREEKS CONSERVATION AREA, Wheatley, ON (at Lake Erie) 11/19/2007 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 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.
FYI: This Sturgeon is Still alive , just worn out from the fight.
They turned him loose after the photo.
Attachment: sturgeon.bmp (Downloaded 66 times)
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Jon S.
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 12:08 am |
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| Wow, that's huge! I wonder what they would use for bait to catch a behemoth like that?
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fishingbarry
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 12:14 am |
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Wow thats a big one!
FB
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Mike S
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 02:43 am |
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Jon S. wrote: Wow, that's huge! I wonder what they would use for bait to catch a behemoth like that?
pike, musky, small animals maybe lol 
(I'd hate to be swimming underwater and that come sniffing around!!!)
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sunfish
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 12:32 pm |
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"took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers"
I like that part.
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horseshoe
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 01:26 pm |
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| laffffin ....Sunfish I interpret thats as 2 parts ...6 hrs as one and 4 dozen beers as another .. could you clarify which part u like now ...lafffin kiddin wid ya ...
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Mike S
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 01:59 pm |
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depending on the type of beer (regular, lite, 6.5), you're fish may vary! 
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Smokedfish
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 09:24 pm |
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| meh, I've caught bigger lol. I was just wondering tho, in the story it says it was caught at two creeks conservation, when i looked it up it didn't show anywater there, was it actually caught on lake erie? If anyone knows I'd appreciate hearing back, I wanna go after that one
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sunfish
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Posted: Wed Apr 9th, 2008 12:37 pm |
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horseshoe..
It's an awesome fish wow!! Too bad they fished them to death at the Quinte many years ago..
Can't believe these guys weren't busted for all those beers!! I'd heard this story before, but sounds like a blast everytime..
Tho it doesn't promote safe fishing etiquette, I liked the beer part just as much as the 6 hour scrap with that dinosaur.
Here's a qoute from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_sturgeon
"White Sturgeon can live to be over 100 years old. The rate of growth is dependent on water temperature. Typically, they reach six feet long around 25 years of age."
A growth chart for Sturgeon in the attachment.
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Mike S
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 04:35 pm |
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yeah.. I think this is a very typical fish 'tale' (tail?) that gets better with age.. I didnt do anything to validate it as it still makes for a nice little story.. I'm sure the reference to beers was more to make for a better story... its really not worth getting caught out there anymore..I always have a cold one in the fridge at home waiting for me.. with any luck I drink it while I clean the fish 
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