Seriously?
“Also, you can run a stringer rope through the mouth and in FRONT of the gills "flared out".You can take a sturgeon/catfish on a 40-mile truck ride throw it on a cutting table and see it pumping to breathe. Please, guys, know your subject matter. I do. Regards Tony AKA Cali Delta Sturgeon Wisper“
Please don’t confuse dying very slowly with actually surviving, or, surviving unharmed.
I guarantee a sturgeon that has been gill roped and dragged 40 miles In a truck will, indeed die, and die a slow death.
I fished sturgeon for 25 years from the mouth to the Willamette, and yes, I have seen more than a few undersized shakers floating by.
“Please, guys, know your subject matter.”
Thank you very much, but I have lived this subject matter.
BB