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Sturgeon refers to a family of large, long-lived, and primitive fish species known as the Acipenseridae family. Here are some key points about sturgeon: 1. Appearance: Sturgeon have a distinctive appearance with elongated bodies, scaleless skin, and a shark-like tail. They have bony plates called scutes instead of scales and a cartilaginous skeleton. The family includes various species, such as the Beluga, Russian, and Atlantic sturgeon. 2. Habitat and Distribution: Sturgeon are found in freshwater and saltwater habitats in various parts of the world. They are native to regions like North America, Europe, and Asia, depending on the species. Some species, like the Beluga sturgeon, are known for their long migrations in large river systems. 3. Size and Lifespan: Sturgeon can grow to impressive sizes. Different species have varying sizes, but some can reach lengths of over 10 feet (3 meters) and weigh hundreds of pounds. They are also known for their long lifespans, with some individuals living for well over 100 years. 4. Caviar: Sturgeon are famous for producing prized roe, known as caviar. Caviar is highly valued for its taste and texture. However, overfishing and habitat destruction have led to a decline in sturgeon populations and the need for conservation efforts to protect these species. 5. Conservation Status: Many sturgeon species are considered endangered or critically endangered due to factors such as habitat loss, pollution, and overfishing. Their slow growth, late maturity, and vulnerability to environmental changes make them particularly susceptible to population decline. Sturgeon are fascinating prehistoric fish that play an essential ecological role in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Efforts are being made to protect and conserve these unique species to ensure their survival for future generations (totally not stolen from AI)

Ok. This is SO COOL!!! You were in my backyard for this episode!!!! I love all these rivers and lakes so much. Wow. I loved this one. And the tuck looked fantastic with the upgrades. Amazing episode. Thanks Dustin. I know I say it alot- but a lot of people would drop everything for a meet and greet with you. !!!!!

I thought I recognized that hill line! Looks like you enjoyed Harrison!

Oh Dustin! In you we be trustin! For cool adventures and beautiful scenery we thank you.

Another bit of beautiful cinematography Always knock it out of the park Dustin…just gets better and better…👍🏼

Awesome fishing. Beautiful sturgeon

What a great time! And that waterfall looks like it needs another visit. 😊

Ah yeah my favorite Saturday morning show! My brother and I went salmon and sturgeon fishing all the time on the Columbia river and man where they fun to catch and eat 😋 The other white fish ! When i was a kid there was a Sturgeon that washed up on lake Washington shore that weighed over a thousand pounds massive and older than dirt lol 😆 cool catch Dustin 😎

Loved the scenery and fishing.

That was a big smile episode, after all the hard days wrenching back at the ranch. Beautiful B.C. ! 🫶🍁🤙

Snake River and the Comubia River are excellent place's to fish for them also. Great video Dustin

WOW!!! Thanks Dustin. Gotta get me some of that.

I really enjoyed the "sturgeon cam" shots as you led him back out. Amazing!

Wow, What an episode, thanks for sharing Dustin

This is why I love Canada Great job

Wow. That’s amazing 😮

Looked like you all had a great time!

Thanks awesome video I enjoyed seeing your country

That was really cool to see!

That looked like so much fun!! (and a lot of work lol) I haven't been fishing in forever, I would sure love to try for a sturgeon though. The big ones to get where I fished growing up were Muskie, definitely a good fight too. Thanks for taking us with you :)

While TLC says NOT to go chasing waterfalls, I would say that one was worth it! And those Sturgeons were absolute beauties!! Great catches and thanks for sharing it all with us!!

What a fun video adventure! Huge powerful fish! The next adventure is building....

Sturgeon, to me, are easily one of the most impressive animals on the planet.

So fun to watch you having a blast out there!

Really enjoying your videos

Dustin, always love seeing a notice of a new video from you, this was absolutely beautiful scenery and great fishing trip too .

Beauty fish.

Heck Ya!! Awesome video and beautiful, big fish!!

WOW how cool are they.....

THANKS KEVIN AND LEE

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼 Best fighting fish. I used to get 3-6 footers right under the Alex Farser bridge on the Delta side.

Always great videos! Appreciated!!!

Somebody got a good workout. Love the video. ❤

Very nicely done Thank you sir

Awesomness Sat morning tv ❤Thanks ✌️

Was a great day!!! Great mix of footage. I’ll have to watch this a few times to catch all the jumpers.

Good for you Dustin. Amazing fish. I hate it when I loose a fish because the hook stays in their mouth causing all kinds of problems. We love BC. The scenery is amazing . Cheers Man ! 👊😎👍

That was totally awesome

Frickin aaamazing! This show makes so much sense in a world that is becoming non-sensical. Keep it up bro, we need ya!

Nice catch! We've got Sturgeon in the North Saskatchewan River near us, but they don't get that big around here 🚤🐟🎣

Now that’s cool!!!!!!!

Definitely another bucket list thing to do. Ive heard stories of people tryinf to catch sturgeon and been dragged from the hope area to the mission bridge just fighting them

What an amazing adventure with friends. I am so glad that you got to land three of the Sturgeons. Most people only dream of what it would be like. I do love your adventures, but one of the things I love the most is the miracle of God's creation and the beauty of it! God bless you and keep you safe on your adventures from Minnesota!

This is a dream of mine! Everyone I was a little kid and watched a documentary with my dad about them. Great video as always my dude!

Beautifully shot those vista, thanks brother for posting this one , oh nice fish too no need for a workout at the gym after those beasty 💯👍🏼🤟🏼🤙🏼🖖🏼

Wow well done. What a beauty. Great Job Dustin. Catch ya in the next one.

A NEW HEAT - LOVE THE FISHING

When I was a kid growing up in Abbotsford in the 70s, we could keep Sturgeon, and I had eaten plenty of them back then.

Legend, another awesome video.

Great video awesome

that would be several hours going up that far, to the lake then to see the waterfalls, so glad you had a great trip up to fish the Sturgeon, cool catch!

We have these in Northern CA also. Lake Shasta, where I'm from. They live rights up against the Dam. GIANT catfish, too.

Oooh……Hell Yeah…..! Sorry, that was very un…old lady like thing to say…😮…. But I thought Japan was the trip of a lifetime… Catching a sturgeon is the Trip of a life time….. And saying that in my Minnesota accent🤗😜🤩😄🥳😝 Them were some pretty fish..❤ As always Dustin thanks for taking me with… You stay safe.

Tell your buddy that they make belts to hold the butt of your rod so you're not digging into your junk all day lol.. looks like a total blast! I want to play!

Congratulations that’s an awesome trip to do. Thank you for bringing us with you

Sturgen fishing is a blast...we go every year to mouth of lake of the woods in northern Minnesota. 56" is my biggest

Great adventure it made me want some caviar. Keep it up Spring is upon us.

Thank heavens for your partners there,we would have lost you. Unbelievable the size.

Great fishing video. Those things sure are amazing creatures. ! Nice to see the rehooking and care taken for its wellbeing. Thanks for including a waterfall!

Thanks Dustin absoulutly beautiful love it.

Sturgeon fishing is on my bucket list I'd love to go to Idaho and catch a some

This was so cool to watch! You're a pro 😅 That area is beautiful especially that waterfall. I dub this one Destination Sturgeon.

Man, those dino-fish are cool. Great trip, and good respect to the animals shown.

It was interesting to see a living sturgeon. I know way back they were humongous. Beautiful B.C.

oh , how awesome ! very good content ... very entertaining ... thanx Dustin ❤😊

Awesome video Dustin,i used to live in Mission for many years,brings back some memories and Beautiful Harrison lake (spent a lot of time exploring that area) God's country! )..Thanks for sharing Dustin,love your videos ,stay safe.

Nice catches, can't wait to see what next. Have a good weekend 🖐

Dustin, I love your videos, I like the direction and your life style. I'm a bit jealous.

Man stunning scenery and some amazing catches. Thanks for taking us.

Your cinematography is next level! Love the video

FISH ON!!! Great video of a great time! Thank you Dustin for sharing your adventure with us! Loved the waterfall hunt as well. By the way, the cabinet doors look great on the truck!

dusty, you had a dream come true. with your usual respect for everyone and everything. this is why i subscribe. i feel better about everything after i watch, even myself. thank you.

Great show. We're you able to walk the next day. You had a workout. Great fish. What a great supporter

WOW! They're ugly ole gnarly Dinosaur creatures, yet at the same time, beautiful and special! There are MONSTER Sturgeons in the Hudson River of New York State.....but I'm thinking they are a slightly different species to what you were reeling in(?) I have seen actual old photos of guys I knew and their Dads and Uncles with 8 and 9 footers from the Hudson!! Dustin- yet ANOTHER great video! Thank You!

Morning from the south Okanagan, thanks for the video. Congratulations on that nice sturgeon!! Heading west to do some sturgeon fishing is on my personal bucket list for sure. Safe travels.

What awesome fish. Good to see you out in BC again!

Caught a southern sturgeon before in the Florida rivers. Crazy looking thing.

Another check mark on your bucket list, what a great experience. Enjoying your videos. And the music.

Fantastic scenery to catch a fantastic fish 🎣 💪👏👏👍

Man oh man NICE FISH! As Ted Peck would have said!!! Great video Dustin !

Used to catch massive Sturgeon on the San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento Delta. Maybe 30 years ago. Back then we kept them and ate them. Sturgeon steaks are very tasty! I believe in California now there are size limits. You cannot take them over a certain size. Because they take so long to mature and be able to reproduce. I think reproductive age is up around 20 years old. One of the biggest we caught was well over 8 feet, and 150 pounds or so. Took two of us to lift it. From what I understand they can get over 20 feet and weigh upwards of several thousand pounds! And yes, they are a challenge to catch. Put up one hell of a fight!

HOLY COW! "FISH" This is NOW ON MY BUCKET LIST! MAN THATS SO AWESOME!!!! NICE ONE!!!

You've energized me. I want to land my first sturgeon this year despite many hours of near fruitless fishing. (couple of hook ups)

You're better at catching sturgeon than you are crab! 🤣 Nice work man!

What a great way to finish my Saturday!!!

That was super cool, Dustin, and I'm not talking just the gorgeous scenery and waterfall. Those sturgeon were a sight to behold. I'm not a fish person myself (but I'll knock someone over to get to the lobster/crab/shrimp first!😁) but even from Ontario, I knew sturgeon were catch and release only in BC. My soon-to-be ex-father-in-law is a huge outdoorsman and conservationist, and was invited out to BC to speak at a conference about it a few years ago. He drove all the way there and back with his wife, the truck and camper, and would do it all again in a heartbeat for the scenery and the fish.

Gotta love it when you can you go out and catch a bunch of 6 foot fish all day and still go home knowing you didn't get THE BIG ONE.

My brother and I were going to charter to go fishing for sturgeon ,sadly he passed away in a work place accident before we ever had a chance . Your a lucky man

Amazing catch...I'm glad we are managing them.

So with these might Stugeon, is this just a battle of strength and stamina? They get to a point where they are basically just tired out and can't fight you any longer? (As they seem quite dosile once in the shallows there). They do look magnificent though, and Harrison lake, it reminded my very much of Loch Ness over here in the UK - looking beautiful in the setting sunlight there ❤ Must be great finally getting back out after all the maintenance and thanks to Kevin and Lee there too ☺👍

Step stool/Ladder maybe attached to the side door would work, fold up when not in use. When its down it can be used as a door stop/holder.

Your videos have made BC a major bucket list for this Northern Nevadan..

WOW!!... that's what i call a monster fish..... great job Dustin!!!😉 have a great weekend!! greetsz from holland/friesland...max

88” = 7’ 6” ??? That sounds like my kind of fish measurement! Haha! Great catch Dustin!

So cool. Thanks man!!

Looks like you had better luck with sturgeon than you did with salmon, lol. Great adventure!

So, you mentioned in a video, that winter traction on KZfaq was challenging for you. Turns out KZfaq had unsubscribed me from your channel. I was sitting there and thought "wonder why he hasn't uploaded?" Well, I started watching your videos id missed, then, realized I wasn't subbed anymore. Glad I'm back.

Nice fish! We can keep 1, and they are very good to eat!!!

Another beautiful video Dustin, my son and I agreed your sturgeon video was as good or better than the Forrest Gallante one put out earlier this week. Keep up the great work? Fun?...I guess both!