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Lake Sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens

  • One of the oldest species, once ranged widely throughout the Great Lakes but vulnerable to overharvest — now threatened and rare
  • Grow very slowly but may reach eight feet in length,
    weigh nearly 300 pounds and live 60-100 years
  • Efforts to restore this species to former prominence continue


Native Fish Species
Bass (Large & Smallmouth)
Burbot
Lake Herring
Lake Trout
Lake Whitefish
Walleye
Yellow Perch
Lake Sturgeon

Non-native Fish Species
Brown Trout
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Common Carp
Rainbow Smelt

Updated: 08/15/2008
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