Sturgeon in MA's North River

[dmath]

Saw they recently found a rare Atlantic Sturgeon in the North River here in MA. Maybe with cleaner waters, we'll be seeing more of this in the future.

http://boatinglocal.com/news/sturgeon-found-in-north-river-ma.html

 

[Davem3]

Re: Sturgeon in MA's North River

we need a return of the local lake trout as well. we need cleaner waters for sure...........long pond and flint pond as in great shape............we need to keep pushing for it everywhere

 

[Nightfisher-]

Re: Sturgeon in MA's North River

They are showing up here in the James river towards the end of summer too. Researchers have been netting, measuring, and tagging them for the past couple of years to determine if they are spawning and returning yearly. We see or hear them jumping quite a bit while out fishing. sounds like someone dropping a car into the river sometimes!

 

[greenbush future]

Re: Sturgeon in MA's North River

We are seeing tons of them in the Great Lakes and I have managed a couple hook ups, with landing one that was over 50 inches. I have seen them here well over 6 feet long, and fought with it for 45 minutes or more. Imagine seeing the head on one side of the boat and the tail on the other!! That one had to be 7-8 feet long, toyed with me for an hour then went deep into the channel, and broke my walleye gear with a flick of the tail! They offer free permits to target them here, but I would never keep one, mine are all non targeted hook ups.