The funny thing you catch walleye fishing

[WALLEYEGUY]

Landed 5 sturgeon and 3 pike lately walleye fishing at Roosevelt

[WALLEYEGUY]

Sorry meant to include this

[bowhunterforever]

That's crazy, up towards kettle falls or what? Nice pile of walleyes you guys got

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

 

[quadrafire]

Holy Cow. I had no idea they were in there.

[pd]

Holy Cow. I had no idea they were in there.

Yep. Sturgeon are native to the entire Columbia drainage.  There is no reason you shouldn't find them even higher, in BC , up the Clark Fork, etc.  Nice looking young sturgeon.

[WALLEYEGUY]

This is from the Kettle area and heard rumors of 10'+ being hooked.  Notice how nice and fat the pike is, 3 trout are filling out that belly.

[WapitiTalk1]

Holy hell, is that a pike or a lake trout!  What a chunker.

[C-Money]

Wow!! Looks like a wonderful time!!

[zike]

Is it legal to take sturgeon out of the water in Roosevelt?  I know it isn't in the snake above Clarkston.

[C-Money]

Internet Police!!!

[L-ofalab]

Internet Police!!!

Yep you're busted! What no burbot, with that mixed bag there should be some.

[WALLEYEGUY]

None of the burbout we caught were worth cleaning, too small.  But I still have a bunch from the Spokane Arm this winter.

[WALLEYEGUY]

Maybe the internet police can help me out, the only thing I see in the regs is oversized can not be removed from the water.  So what is the rule?

[Mfowl]

Awesome fishing! Congrats! That pike is a pig for sure! Did you cut its belly open to see what its been eating?

[zike]

Maybe the internet police can help me out, the only thing I see in the regs is oversized can not be removed from the water.  So what is the rule?

I'm not sure of the rules, that's why I asked. Years ago we fished for them up north, then fish and game closed fishing for them. No fishing for sturgeons in Roosevelt, and they were giving tickets to guys fishing burbot with heavy gear. So my thought is if you accidentally caught one, you should release it with as little stress as possible. Send the pictures to fish and wildlife and see if they want to hand out a ticket.

[The scout]

nice mess off fish there! good work

[WCTaxidermy]

Very Nice.  Looks like you had a great day of fishing!  Thee is some mighty good eating there!

[WALLEYEGUY]

we cleaned 5 pike this year so far and they have had 4-5" trout and 3-7" walleyes in them along with sculpins and crawdaddies.  I guess the guys fishing at night from shore having been doing pretty good on them this year.   

[KopperBuck]

Cool. Never seen hard evidence of sturgeon out of there. Too bad about the pike. Don't like seeing them moving through the system.

[LabChamp]

Cool. Never seen hard evidence of sturgeon out of there. Too bad about the pike. Don't like seeing them moving through the system.

No going to be good for the river system. Unfortunately, think they are here to stay. minus draining the rivers or killing everything that's in them, our only option is management at this point. On the bright side it might be alot of fun to catch a bunch on top water, burnin blades above weed beds, and fighting toothy critters. Always wanted to go musky/pike fishin

[Jonathan_S]

we cleaned 5 pike this year so far and they have had 4-5" trout and 3-7" walleyes in them along with sculpins and crawdaddies.  I guess the guys fishing at night from shore having been doing pretty good on them this year.

The only positive about the pike is that they can decrease the walleye population and possibly result in some bigger 'Eyes   

Overall though, Pike are no bueno

[Dhoey07]

Cool. Never seen hard evidence of sturgeon out of there. Too bad about the pike. Don't like seeing them moving through the system.

Sturgeon are planted in roosevelt as well