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Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
Life History & Michigan History
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The lake sturgeon is Minnesota's biggest fish. It can weigh more than an adult human.
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Lake Sturgeon
Sept. 5 to Sept. 30 (hook-and-line)
Opening day for Wisconsin fishing is traditionally the first Saturday in May. Hook and line fishing for many species of fish on many Wisconsin waters begins the first Saturday in May.

Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
Green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris
Sakhalin sturgeon, Acipenser mikadoi
Japanese sturgeon, Acipenser multiscutatus
Adriatic sturgeon, Acipenser naccarii ...

Earning a World Record Good planning and careful execution secured the Lake Sturgeon record by Louis Bignami
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News: Giants of the Danube get more protection (3 May 2011)
Sturgeon factsheet (PDF)
Danube sturgeon
IUCN: Sturgeon more critically endangered than any other group of species
Video: Lake sturgeon in Missouri, USA ...

As you say, they are anadromous (spending part of their life in salt water), but apparently landlocked populations can develop. There are some strictly freshwater species: North American lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), ...

See also: Sturgeon, Bass, Salmon, Snail, Crustacean