Lake Sturgeon Age Chart

Settlers began arriving in the early 1900s.

Lake sturgeon age chart. Unlike many salmon species that spawn once and die white sturgeon are capable of spawning many times throughout their life. WHITE STURGEON WEIGHTAGE CHART LENGTH Ft 31 33 35 37 39 311 41 43 45 47 49. Sexual maturity in females is reached between 14 and 33 years most often from 24-26 years.

Female Atlantic sturgeon reach sexual maturity at 18-19 years of age when they are six to eight feet long and over 70 pounds. Given their long life they tend to grow slowly and are not ready to spawn until the females are over 18 years of age and males are at least 14 years of age. The oldest recorded individuals were over 60 years old.

2016-03-03 Life history characteristics of lake sturgeon are unique with respect to other fishes and are as follows. Male sturgeon mature at around 4 feet or 13 to 14 years of age and female sturgeon mature at around 6 feet or 24 to 26 years of age. Auer and Baker 2002 noted that Age0 Lake Sturgeon were commonly associated with the lower sections of the Sturgeon River Michigan settling out of the current near the mouth of the river.

People who participated in sturgeon spearing ranged in age from 14 no one under 14 is allowed to spear to over 80 Fig. Residents of the 4 counties surrounding Lake Winnebago accounted for 782-838 percent of the fish speared. Length-at-age curves for four different growth trajectories.

PLake Sturgeon Length-Girth-Weight Relationship. Some studies suggest limited range movement of young Lake Sturgeon Sandilands 1987. Lake Sturgeon Length-Girth-Weight Estimation Chart 3 G i r t h i n i n c h e s w i.

Clair and the St. The length-weight relationship of lake sturgeon in the Lake Winnebago area was computed to be. Estimates in bold are based on Lake Sturgeon sampled from Lake St.