I'd love to catch a fish that size......crazy - 10'2", with a 5.5' Girth. Lunacy.
Girth is 2/3 of a fish's total weight....the world record Blue catfish is a mere 57" long but with a girth of 47" weighing 143 lbs. I just read a post last night about a Lingcod measuring about the same in length, but only weighed around 50lbs - just some food for thought. We have world records of Pike and Muskellunge in the 70 inch-range still barely 60lbs or so
There are species of Sturgeon that do not get early as large as others.....they can range from about 3 feet to over 20 feet and live 150 years. I do agree though, most should not be kept in captivity, they are already struggling in the wild as it is. They take many years to reach sexual maturity to top it offTo think that people are putting these in garden ponds..
Weight is one thing but the girth is the measurement around the fish's body so nearly six feet on a ten foot length seems like quite a stretch for the fish in that photo,unless I'm understanding it wrong?
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Not trying to be boastful but I'd say I'm pretty knowledgeable about sturgeon. Anyway, even sterlets (the smallest commercially available species) will grow to 40" and need a pond way bigger than most people can offer, not to mention how specific pond is built .
you tthink it's crazier than a 57" long fish with a 47" girth?????
I certainly don't,I'm just trying to wrap my head around the image of that sturgeon in the photo and it just does not look like it is nearly six feet around.
Look at the guy relatively far left, he can only get his arm like halfway around the fish
