Rare lake sturgeon caught near Gavins Point Dam

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission caught a rare lake sturgeon in the Missouri River near Gavins Point Dam on April 14 while surveying the river for paddlefish.

The fish weighed 70 pounds and measured nearly 5 feet long.

The sturgeon had been tagged nine years ago near the confluence of the Missouri and Osage Rivers.

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