While some guides and anglers were not surprised by a quick sturgeon fishery closure last week, they are not happy about how ...

It is driven by the lack of retention days in the lower river. This is the only retention option for sturgeon right now. “We see boats from all over the country and Canada,” he said.

The lake sturgeon is the oldest and largest native fish species in North ... rivers and once roamed watersheds from the Mississippi River in the west to Hudson Bay in the east.

DESCRIPTION: Sturgeon have cartilaginous skeletons and a tube-like mouth. In the Kootenai River, they can grow to be larger than 200 pounds. They are gray in color. HABITAT: Kootenai River white ...