Officials are trying to learn more about local spawning habitat for massive lake sturgeon, and searching for new locations where the activity is catching on.

The lake sturgeon — a bottom-dwelling, armor-plated fish that has been around for over 150 million years — has begun ...

Want to catch a freshwater fish over 100 pounds? Learn where, when, and how to catch lake sturgeon in Wisconsin, Minnesota & ...

(John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi River is? Or how much water ... lake and shovelnose sturgeon, paddlefish, Asian carp, and smallmouth and white bass, just to name ...

The lake sturgeon is one of the largest fish in the Mississippi River system. Some grow over 7 feet long and live more than 100 years. They've got those bony plates, a pointed snout, and a mouth ...

This section of the river has currents, pools, and backwaters which create a habitat to support the large diversity of fish species. Mississippi fish species include carp, catfish, sturgeon ...

The Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration project ... making them a fitting nursery for young pallid sturgeon, another federally endangered species. Only 14 meander scarps ...

But when you add additional stressors,” said Mississippi State researcher ... up to 500,000 eggs each that cling to the river’s gravely bottom. Sturgeon eggs are peppercorn-sized, sticky ...