This is a darn interesting picture and story
even if you aren't into fishing,
But please show it to anyone you know
that likes to fish.
 
FYI:  This sturgeon is still alive,
just worn out from the fight.
As the sports fishermen they are,
they turned him loose after the photo.
 
 This Sturgeon was caught on the
LAKE OF THE WOODS, KENORA, ONTARIO
two weeks ago.
It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs
and measured out at 11'1".

It was 56" around the girth
and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers,
for the 4 guys taking turns at the reeling it in.
 
Any Sturgeon OVER about five feet
has to be released unharmed and cannot be
removed from the water.
 
They are brood /breeding stock and
probably older than most of us.