One commercial fisherman, encountered at the Wolf Island Side Channel by
biologists from Cape Girardeau, had several sturgeon in his boat that were
almost 4 ft TL. He apparently was confused about the differences between
lake and pallid sturgeon, and emphasized that he did not keep "rubbernose."
He viewed sturgeon as a resource and said "When I catch a lot of sturgeon, I
only keep the mommies and throw the daddies back." Biologists ID'd his
sturgeon as pallid hybrids.
Source: Two stories in the "The UMRCC Newsletter" for Spring 2001
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