I was fishing where a creek dumps into a flooded river just awhile ago and hooked a sturgeon that was a minimum 50 lbs . I got a 1 second video of it and sniped this pic of it . It doesnt do the fish justice, It was a good four foot long . I fought it for what seemed like twenty minutes . When it turned belly up the hook come out . Thats my brother . He had a net but the fish wasnt going to fit in that net .

That’s that Sasquatch you been looking for all along! 
 

ive caught two sturgeon but ours were re introduced around the year 2000 so our biggest ones are only 21 years old, not old enough to get as big as that beast you had hooked in the picture . At first glance I thought it was a shark 

That's frickin amazing! That's going to be a good story. 

That's awesome. I've never seen a big sturgeon around here. I've caught some shovelnose, but a big shovel is 5lbs. I'd love to catch a big one some day.

I was lucky to land the one & only sturgeon I've hooked.

It was fun and quite a surprise for sure.

Hope you can land the next one.

A-Jay

https://youtu.be/WT2sIbMqvTs

 

There is an open catch and release season for them on the MN-Ontario border right now in the Rainy River.  I hope to try that someday.  Those things are living dinosaurs.

 

I think @FryDog62 caught one last year.  I remember seeing a photo on another forum.

That there is a BIG fish. 

Sturgeon selfie! 

I was up a high bank , so it was going to be difficult to land it . Its probably best it got off because we may have seriously damaged it getting it up that bank . Still would have liked to have got it in .

 

I just respooled  with 15 lb Big Game  and was using an old retractable 7'6" glass flipping rod and an old Quantum1310 baitcaster .Thats my catfish/carp  setup .If the fish made it to the river ,I   would not  have been able to stop it in the strong current . The river is rolling right now .Luckily  it headed  up the creek   . 

 

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

There is an open catch and release season for them on the MN-Ontario border right now in the Rainy River.  I hope to try that someday.  Those things are living dinosaurs.

 

I think @FryDog62 caught one last year.  I remember seeing a photo on another forum.

 

70 pound fish, caught on a Medium-Light rod, 8 lb test line... hour long fight and no net. One minute video below:

https://vimeo.com/439063016

22 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

 

70 pound fish, caught on a Medium-Light rod, 8 lb test line... hour long fight and no net. One minute video below:

https://vimeo.com/439063016

Chris - The way you were hugging it at the end, should your wife be jealous?

 

That is a heck of a catch - especially on finesse gear. Give my congrats to Steve for that - very impressive.

That’s awesome! I wonder how old that fish is. My guess is at 20-25 years old? 
 

I was addicted to sturgeon fishing and gave it a serious go a few years ago. Caught lots of big catfish but never got the sturgeon I was looking for. Lake sturgeon are plentiful here and I caught a few this summer but nothing big. Most were in the 5lb range. 
 

 

I've only hooked one. He made it boat side before I lost it. Maybe 3ft long. They put up one helluva fight

That must have been one heck of fight.