Teen catches massive sturgeon

[GrandpaTom]

https://www.fox9.com/news/teen-reels-in-massive-sturgeon-on-lake-in-pine-county-minnesota?fbclid=IwAR2BRtOS_45WvNF6av1Fe325pa-k0vhVtam99583YAawFILxZSTKz7NGKms

[Leech~~]

So really the little girl set the hook, but her brother brought it in. They should share the credit a bit more with her!   

[Rebel SS]

You know what happens when a girl grabs a fishing pole...*WHAM* You get beat!   

[deadeye]

That kid holding the fish should be a basketball player as he has to be at least 6 foot 6 inches tall.  I really doubt the fish was 72 inches because that would mean it is 6 feet from the ground to his mouth.  Also the fish would weight around 100 pounds.  Something fishy here.

[dakids]

That kid holding the fish should be a basketball player as he has to be at least 6 foot 6 inches tall.  I really doubt the fish was 72 inches because that would mean it is 6 feet from the ground to his mouth.  Also the fish would weight around 100 pounds.  Something fishy here.

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[LPS]

Good point.  Must have been an estimate.  You know how estimates go??? 

[Rebel SS]

That kid holding the fish should be a basketball player as he has to be at least 6 foot 6 inches tall.  I really doubt the fish was 72 inches because that would mean it is 6 feet from the ground to his mouth.  Also the fish would weight around 100 pounds.  Something fishy here.

X 3......


I used an old trick...onscreen measurement with length of a known object. OK, kid looks like he has big feet, say size 12 or a foot tops, that'll make fish even bigger with that measurement.  So, marking his foot length on a piece of paper, and going from ground up from rear of his foot, to tail of fish, also noting fish is closer to cam, and off the ground a ways, so deduct a bit of size...I come up with about 58-60" tops. That's my take......try it. See what you get.

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[Reinhard]

First of all it was a great catch by that kid.  But I don't know of any lake that has sturgeon in it in the Pine City area.  Could be wrong, but except Grindstone Lake by Sandstone has some in it.  A former state record came out of there by the same guy who caught the state record brown trout out of there [Carl Lovegren I believe his name was and I met the guy several times on the ice and in his home on the lake].  Not many in there but there are some.  Fished that lake since the early 70's almost every year and never caught one.  I can also see the shoreline which looks much like the western shoreline with the steeper banks.  good luck.

[GrandpaTom]

Still a decent catch no matter...

[glenn57]

Good point.  Must have been an estimate.  You know how estimates go??? 

and ya'all know fishermen don't lie!!!!!!!!!!

[LPS]

Much.