Wow I never knew sturgeon could get that big. 20 feet is HUGE for a fresh water fish and possibly the biggest fresh water fish ever. Mabey what people are seeing in these rivers are not Catfish but huge Sturgeon. There's a lot of Sturgeon now days. My uncle hooked up to about a five footer by a mistake. There's got to be some huge fish in that dam. Oh also just cause we are talking about large fish the DNR pnce shocked the water in 1975 and had a 110 pound muskie that was over 6 feet in the net and they let it go! The world record muskie caught on a rod was only like 70 something pounds. Now thats scary cause muskie are very aggresive preadators and MUCH smaller ones have been known to attack humans or give them teeth marks all the time. Think about one thats over 6 feet. Now that muskie would kill you lol. Also like I said I have seen Catfish on tv like 6-7 feet long but thats still not as long as a car or bus. Also can any one tell me howl ong sturgeon live? Also man would it be freaky to have a 10-20 foot Sturgeon on a really big rod like an ugly stik and huge test line. It would probably yank the rod out of your hands.
Wow thanks for the info. I was just always told that you can't eat them but never saw why until I found out from you that we can eat them. Ok any way I was wondering can you eat dog fish? I always catch them but am not sure if their safe to eat. I read in a book that Dog fish {Or bowfish,same thing} eat mainly live prey and are almost always a 100% predator but I have also heard different and that they are scavengers and you can't eat them. I have seen people catch many nearly three feet in pewaukie lake and they caught them on live fish but I catch them on chicken livers and hearts. I think they Probably jsut eat any thing but they do have teeth and are aggressive predators that tend to get in fights with other fish because their so mean. So can you eat these fish? And what do you think a dog fish eats more live prey or dead? Also to add to the strories of Cat Fish with tail fins five feet long I would say thsoe stories have to be false. If thsoe stories are true then thsoe Cat's are about 1,000 pounds and weigh much more then 300 pounds judging from the Cat Fishes total length. I can't see a 1,000 pound Flat Head cat and I have to doubt many of these Cat fish stories. I say Flat head Cat's MIGHT at the most get up to about 8 feet long or mabey a little longer but there are no Cat's with tail fins 5 feet long.