A sturgeon? In Tuttle creek lake?

[Ekstrom]

A friend of a friend claims to have caught this out of Tuttle creek:

Is that in fact a sturgeon? Looks like one to me. And is there any chance it could have actually came out of Tuttle Creek lake?

[Ekstrom]

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[Crappie Chatt]

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Shovelnose sturgeon
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[Fish Taxi]

That lucky dog! I've been trying to catch one in the Kansas river for several years now. I think it would make a cool mount...

Is he claiming it was on the main lake or at Rocky Ford fishing area?

[Ekstrom]

The main lake. But he threw it back in so you can still go catch him!

[drakewoodie]

Fishtaxi have you tried the smoky hill river? I remember as a kid and teenager not being able to keep them off a worm or minnow. Haven't fished the smoky much on recent years but I will give it a try when things get decent and let you know if I catch any

[iHunt]

I have caught two at Rocky Ford, down the river where it bends. The first time I was young and didn't know what kind of creature I had on the end of my line lol.

[Fish Taxi]

Fishtaxi have you tried the smoky hill river? I remember as a kid and teenager not being able to keep them off a worm or minnow. Haven't fished the smoky much on recent years but I will give it a try when things get decent and let you know if I catch any

I never have fished the smoky hill river. I know they are in the Kansas river because other people catch them in the area I fish, but I just haven't been as lucky as them. I'll get some worms and make three or four trips again this year and hope maybe this is "the year". :-)

It's just such a wild-looking fish.

[Ronald Meeder]

Used to catch them below Bosuer Damn in Lawrence many years ago.

[Craig Johnson]

A friend of a friend claims to have caught this out of Tuttle creek:

Is that in fact a sturgeon? Looks like one to me. And is there any chance it could have actually came out of Tuttle Creek lake?

Yes, that looks like a shovelnose sturgeon.

I contacted Ely, the KDWPT fisheries biologist for Tuttle Creek Reservoir. He said these fish are commonly caught in the river a couple miles downstream of the dam but he has never seen one in the reservoir itself.