For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

Hayley Herzig speared the 4th-largest sturgeon ever recorded in the Lake Winnebago, Wis. system with the prehistoric fish ...

Photo courtesy IGFA Chinook (or king) salmon are the largest of the world’s salmonids. Like sturgeon, these are anadromous fish that are born in the river, go out to sea, and return to the river to ...

The world has seven continents, but do you know the largest freshwater fish in each? These creatures show the incredible ...

“The sonar was most helpful, and with experience it’s easy to tell what a sturgeon looks like on a sonar screen compared to a big pike or other fish.” At 7:05 a.m. that morning, just five minutes into ...

This would have been impressive on its own for a female fish, but the sturgeon was male — which rarely gets that big — and was so old that DNR officials begged for its head, according to archives.

A Record-Breaking Catch The beluga sturgeon is the largest species of freshwater fish in the world. The record for the largest beluga sturgeon ever caught is 23.6 feet long and 3,463 pounds. This ...

There are occasional reports from anglers of catching sturgeon approaching 60 inches in length. Some reports indicate that ...

So often anglers tell tales of the fish they've caught and the stories ... who caught the fourth-largest Sturgeon ever speared on the Winnebago system on Saturday, Feb. 8 near Fond du Lac, Wis.

When lake sturgeon were restocked in Big Stone Lake in 2014, it was estimated that in five years' time, some of the fish could reach 30 inches in length. Ten years later, the Minnesota Department ...