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		[url "http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/35194/a%201000-pound%20prehistoric%20fish%20landed%20by%20team%20of%20anglers%20in%20bc/"]http://www.grindtv.com/...20anglers%20in%20bc/[/url] 
This must be the year of the big fish, amazing.
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		That sturgeon has beautiful coloring, almost albino looking.
The ones i have seen are more golden in color, is this not the norm? nice fish.
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		I live in Hansen idaho and all the fish I catch here are that same color.  The biggest I've seen is 11 ft.  The biggest I've caught is 9.5.  I'd love to go up north and try for a monster like this one.  Anyone wants to try in Idaho send me a message, we fish for fun I am not a guide.
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		Seems like the normal color I see and caught up at CJ Strike. Here is another pic from the Fraser.
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		The Sturgeon on the Columbia grow BIG too and you can catch over size gators in all the pools below or above the dams -- I've personally seen a couple of 14's and many many 12's...   It's all C&R except for the Indians that have very few rules on what they do...
 
Just go during the Shad run and you can catch the fish of a life-time
 
Look back at the old photos of some of the monster they pulled in with horse teams...
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		[cool][#0000ff]Here's an old pic of a sturgeon caught in Idaho in the early 1900s.[/#0000ff]
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		Lundman
I am not sure who told you sturgeon fishing on the columbia is catch and release only... "It's all C&R except for the Indians that have very few rules on what they do... "
but that is not the case.  There are slot limits and they open and close the season frequently but you can keep sturgeon.  I grew up in the Dalles fishing the columbia river and sturgeon are one of the best eating fish out there. A 14 foot fish would be amazing, in my 27 years in oregon a 12 footer was the biggest I heard of being caught.
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		I can't even think about landing something like that! Hey Lundy how have you been!
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