Length vs. Weight

I asked what a 5+ foot Sturgeon we caught this week would weigh…

No one knew since they don’t have any scales

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This is the MN DNR Sturgeon Length-Girth-Weight Relationship chart. This should give you what you are looking for:

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/baudette/lksweight.pdf

That 60 inch sturgeon was probably in the 50 to 56 lb range.

Of the many many 60″ I’ve caught, the two biggest were 60 & 61#. Smallest 35#.

Were you targeting them or was this just luck? Since the water temp hit over 80 I am stopping for muskies for a bit and was thinking of going after some sturgeon next weekend. Where were you?

FryDog62 wrote:

No one knew since they don’t have any scales

I think that one slipped right over everyone’s head. LOL!
Nice fish! Where you at? LOW?

Do sturgeon have the same problem with high water temps that muskies do?

If only a scute could tell you how heavy something was……………..

Buffalo Fishhead

FryDog62 wrote:

No one knew since they don’t have any scales

Nice fish. Catch any toothed rough fish?

That flew right by me. I guess that is a Gotcha.

Rodwork wrote:

Were you targeting them or was this just luck? Since the water temp hit over 80 I am stopping for muskies for a bit and was thinking of going after some sturgeon next weekend. Where were you?

We were LOW… but kind of a funny story…

We went out into the mouth of the river towards the lake and water temps were mid-70’s. Of course we were then jigging with medium-light spinning rods for walleyes when the big sturgeon hit. An hour long fight – and all the heavy gear along with the big net were left in the truck!

It was quite a two-man process to land by hand. Thankfully the fish was less exhausted than we were and released well…

Great story FryDog I don’t think I will be able to make the trip to Rainy next weekend. Congratulations on the nice fish.