Umm.... what the heck are you talking about? Its legal in California.... heres the link for the DFG regs for California.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/FreshFish-Mar2011/ccr-t14-ch2-art4-sec5_65-5_95.html#sec5_80

Your sadly mistaken my friend. I have never heard of them being illegal to take anywhere in the US at all. They just must make the length requirements which is 46-66 inches from tip of tail to the end of the snout. I believe you were misinformed.

 

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Idiot you think California's the only state with Sturgeon?


Further it's only one species of sturgeon you can harvest in Cali. It's illegal in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, And most of the Mississippi river basin.

 

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I was speaking of california when you made your claim that it was illegal, as I stated in my post. And like I said I haven't heard that they were illegal anywhere else. Not that I care because I dont fish anywhere else. /shrug

But my statement stands, sturgeon is way funner to reel in than catfish. Reeling in a sturgeon is where its at. Reeling in a catfish is bleh. Can do it with no skill and have it in less than 5 mins. Try that with a sturgeon and your gonna break your rod, line or be very very sore trying to fight that beast.

 

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Here I thought you were a girl.

 

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A quick DFG check on Oregon regs shows that the legal limit for sturgeon is 5 per year providing they meet the length requirements.

Again here is the link for them:

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/docs/2012_Statewide_Fish_Regs.pdf

And again your wrong for washington:


Here is the link:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01185/wdfw01185.pdf

WHITE STURGEON
See the Special Rules for Columbia River,
Snake River, and Tributaries.
Min. size 38" fork length. Max. size 54" fork length. Daily limit 1. Possession limit - 2 daily limits.
Annual limit 5 STURGEON statewide per license year (April 1-March 31). Unless specifically noted
in special rules open only during open game fish or SALMON seasons.

The catch and release only applies to these particular rivers (columbia, snake and tributaries?) which is catch and release. Green sturgeon is a no no. White sturgeon in any other area is fine to take home. If it wasn't it would not have a daily bag/yearly possession limit. You have to now record all your sturgeon catches on a catch card that you must send in after you catch them. If they are tagged its catch and release after you record their identifying information.

Again, I dont know if you've just heard this but per the regs you are wrong my friend. I suggest you read up on your rules and regulations because you obviously aren't.

 

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How romantic

I guess she smells like fish?

 

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Doesn't matter what you're talking about if you're going to make a baseless claim and only back it up with 1/49th of the information regarding it then your claim is well.... You guessed it.


Maybe sturgeon does taste good, I know the eggs do.

 

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I would rather eat the tilapia than the catfish and call it a day .

Catfish is good eatin'.

 

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We can talk about claims imaloon, you claimed it was illegal in Oregon and Washington to fish for sturgeon... you were wrong because your not reading up on the actual rules and regulations. Your claims are baseless and ignorant. Have you ever read the rules and regulations on sturgeon fishing in any state? By your statements earlier it shows pretty clearly that you haven't. Yet you've said nothing about it. Do you even know where to look? Or were you just too lazy to do a quick google search? Your view on the issue doesn't matter. What does matter are the rules and regs. They point to the contrary of what you were saying for Oregon and Washington. I didnt bother checking Idaho or Mississippi (or any part of it) because your wrong with 2 out of the 4 I can make a strong guess and say you probably didn't check the rules and regs for the other states either.

If I was wrong in saying that sturgeon are better than catfish, that is only opinion. Mine. However my claim about sturgeon being legal is valid and correct based on the rules and regs of the states I mentioned. So where does that leave your claim?

 

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