I think there are several in the US alone, off hand I can think of White, Green, Pallid, Lake, shortnose, Atlantic, Gulf, and Shovelnose. These range in adult size from 3 1/2' for the Shortnose to over 18' for the White.
Freshwater sturgeons?
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Hiya LBC, welcome to MFK!
I have never seen one much bigger than about 8', they allow you to keep 5 a year but anything below 42" long or above 60" long has to be released. I have caught them from as small as just over 13" to about 6'8".
I have never seen one much bigger than about 8', they allow you to keep 5 a year but anything below 42" long or above 60" long has to be released. I have caught them from as small as just over 13" to about 6'8".
the 18ft you speak of is the beluga right? That would be a hard fish to keep. It is also considered the largest freshwater fish in the world too right?
I'm talking about the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) from the US pacific northwest, it reaches 610cm. The Huso daricus from the Amur river gets to 560cm. and the Beluga (Huso huso) gets to 500cm but gets twice as heavy as the others. They are all anadromous species so they don't really count as freshwater. the pic of the one being held by 2 guys is the white sturgeon and the other is a small beluga.
