There's something fishy about this post

[Jimx29]

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[packinpatland]

Holding it up by it's gills like that can't be exactly good for it, I'd think.
Glad he was planning on releasing it.

[Partial]

I say lets eat it. That's a big F'in fish.

[Merlin]

The gills aren't a big deal as long as he is holding the jaw bone which I am sure he was. However, Sturgeon are kind of like Lake Trout, they don't survive out of water very long. They get stressed easily in comparison to a Northern or Walleye.

[Merlin]

I say lets eat it. That's a big F'in fish.

You do know that's where caviar comes from right? I never heard of anyone eating Sturgeon. Where I live they are basically protected and you can only catch one of a certain size range per year.

[Jimx29]

Only time I ate any sort of sturgeon was when it was smoked. For the most part, any fish smoked is good. I'll even eat suckers smoked

[oregonpackfan]

Some of the sturgeon swimming in the Columbia River can be huge in size. As sturgeon are bottom-feeding fish, a lot of people out here won't eat them. Salmon are much better tasting, anyway.

[Freak Out]

Normally when you stick your hands in the gills and handle a fish the way that guy did you have sentenced the fish to death.

[Merlin]

Yeah, if he touched the gills. I didn't pay that much attention to his handling. Sturgeon do stress easily so he probably did kill it.