I was pulling cranks for walleyes on Pool 10 last week when I tied into this one. Jointed shad rap snagged in the front of the tail and the battle ensued. Up and down the slough – I was fishing alone and finally managed to get the head into the net and hoisted it over the side of the boat.
I did not get a tape on it – took a couple of quick pictures and slide it back into the creek.
barc
Walleye rod. Snagged in tail. By your self.
= amazing catch! 
Come to think of it, I didn’t think Lakers were that far South!
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Come to think of it, I didn’t think Lakers were that far South!
There you go thinking again BK 
NICE catch 
Doesn’t happen too often Jeff, but when it does I drink whatever kind of beer that is.
Interesting. I was under the assumption they were a fish of the North.
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Walleye rod. Snagged in tail. By your self.
= amazing catch!
Pretty much what I was going to say. All of it is amazing, but I think the fact you landed it with it being snagged in the tail the most amazing part.
Dont mind me BK..I have been home sick since Sunday and I need to take it out on someone.
Those sturgeon are always fun to catch no mater where or how
Beautiful sturgeon! She looks like a fat and healthy Rainy River sturgeon.
I’ve caught a couple on Pool 11 and seen them on 12. Have to be careful, I thought it was illegal to even remove them from the water. Maybe that’s just an Iowa rule.
2013 Iowa Regs-
Threatened and Endangered Species
You cannot take, possess, transport, import, export, process, sell
or offer for sale, buy or offer to buy, nor shall a common or contract
carrier transport or receive for shipment any of the following species
of fish:
FISH: Lake Sturgeon, Pallid Sturgeon,
Above edited.
Lake Sturgeon
Endangered: If caught, release immediately, unharmed
l Short snout turns up at end
l Barbels are not fringed
Pallid Sturgeon
Endangered: If caught release immediately, unharmed
Outer barbels twice as long as inner barbels
Base of barbels “U” shaped, inner two set out in front
Smooth belly
Shovelnose Sturgeon
Barbels all the same length
l Barbels straight across
l Rarely exceeds 4 pounds
l Belly is scaled
Couldn’t find anything about not taking them out of the water.
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Couldn’t find anything about not taking them out of the water.
How can you not take her out of the water and give her a hug?
Pallid sturgeon = life lister. Would love to catch one! Never really heard of anyone catching one.
From what I saw online, you’ll have to go hit the Missouri river for one.
Cool whiskers on the pallid.
Its good to know too. I assumed MN only had shovelnose and lakers. If I caught one of these rarities, I probably would have assumed it was a mutant laker. Now we know if we catch one, we probably want to contact the DNR.
I was at a WI County meeting a few years back. They were talking about people confusing a pallid for the shovelnose.
This was a big concern because of it’s endangered status.
They also added that WI was pretty much out of the pallid’s range.
Impressive catch, hmm.. what would I do in a situation like that? I would jump in the water, bear hug that fish and push it on shore..whew 
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