Show Giant Sturgeon Running Thick in n Snake River GLENNS FERRY Ida March 20 The The largest water fresh-water fish In Inthe Inthe inthe the United United Stat States s Is lis playing ball with Idaho sportsmen this spring More sturgeon than usua usual are being caught in Snake river the fish and game department reported Sat Satur Satur- r- r day During the last 10 days at least half a dozen of pf fair size sie Ize are known to h have ve been hauled out in ln Inthe inthe the Glenns Gleans Ferry section and good goodluck goodluck goodluck luck has been reported in other parts of the state such as Lewiston i and Welser Sturgeon are arc not only the largest but one of the the most most unusual fish In tho the c country They grow to well over half halt n a ton In Columbia and Snake r rivers and are re distinguished by their leather leathery plated armor r skin blunt snouts and of I cartilage ge There are no bones The flesh Is tasty In spite of the sturgeons sturgeon's habit of feeding along the muddy bottom Sturgeon eggs I prepared as caviar are a delicacy I ISet used by most Set lines Unes are Several hundred fee feet of ermen which several large Jarge from sash cord f finto tat w is' is strung hooks are suspended is of or into the river by boat Chunks j lamprey eel are common bait AnY MY alSo meat may maybe of several kinds of of or be used When a sturgeon It u it is ita bait swallows a Ibs lbs or more It w to bring job for two men to J. J a us sometimes j shore Teams are In the i Lew land the who pers to tp whoppers considered i iston on zone it IS sturgeon on sport to hook and land 1 line casting outfits with heavy henvy which l' l lIs of the species j jis Biggest fish caught were is the white sturgeon i in Idaho about 1910 Severs Several spec spec- j j 1000 Ibs lbs or more we weighing wehing l been t taw taken ken i are known to have During the same period a sturgeon lbs Ibs reported to be 1200 y yIn In Snake river between J Jand of Most and Pasco Wash Ib f today are less th than n but caught ani an occasional monster we 1 in at or 01 OO l It lbs I |