Biologists with a 74 pound lake sturgeon

Two biologists stand in a river holding a large lake sturgeon at the surface of the water

Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created

01/29/2024

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Mark Luehring and Josh Schloesser, childhood friends, and now both fishery biologists, pose with a 74 pound adult lake sturgeon captured in the Bad River. During spawning eggs can make up 25% of a females body weight.

Species

Acipenser fulvescens