07-15-2009, 08:09 AM
You have to get a special tag from the dnr office to even target them, last time I went they were free, but still you had to register just so they know how many people are targeting Stergeon.
there are only four places that you may target Stergeon.
[ol][li]Black Lake, by lottery only through the ice in feburary, hook and line or spear. any size....[/li][li]Ostego Lake most of they year hook and line, I would have to look to see what the size limit is there,[/li][li]Lake michigan out miles away from shore, and they must be 70+ inches long if I remember coorect.[/li][li]St clair river, mid july to the mid or end of september and it is a slot size limit, I think 42 - 52 inches, any thing bigger or smaller must be released.[/li][/ol]to target them you basicly do it the same way you would target catfish using much the same bait.
yes there are a number of stergeon caught accidently by catfishermen. and walleye fisherman alike...
I doubt I would ever keep one, I have caught one once, the next one I would like to get a pic of, I didnt have a camera the last time I caught one,
there are different species of stergeons, the one I caught was a white, at the time I caught it, it was too small to keep, and today in the same area I caught the last one, it would be to big to keep... [:p][blush][laugh] So ya, the biggest fish I ever caught was too small to keep.... [laugh][sly]
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there are only four places that you may target Stergeon.
[ol][li]Black Lake, by lottery only through the ice in feburary, hook and line or spear. any size....[/li][li]Ostego Lake most of they year hook and line, I would have to look to see what the size limit is there,[/li][li]Lake michigan out miles away from shore, and they must be 70+ inches long if I remember coorect.[/li][li]St clair river, mid july to the mid or end of september and it is a slot size limit, I think 42 - 52 inches, any thing bigger or smaller must be released.[/li][/ol]to target them you basicly do it the same way you would target catfish using much the same bait.
yes there are a number of stergeon caught accidently by catfishermen. and walleye fisherman alike...
I doubt I would ever keep one, I have caught one once, the next one I would like to get a pic of, I didnt have a camera the last time I caught one,
there are different species of stergeons, the one I caught was a white, at the time I caught it, it was too small to keep, and today in the same area I caught the last one, it would be to big to keep... [:p][blush][laugh] So ya, the biggest fish I ever caught was too small to keep.... [laugh][sly]
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