The white, Oregon, or Sacramento sturgeon (A. transmontanus) occurs on the Pacific coast and is the largest of the North American sturgeons, weighing up to 820 kg (1,800 pounds). High water will make fishing from shore tougher with the stronger than normal river currents and back eddies. The Beluga /bəˈluːɡə/ or Great sturgeon (Huso huso) is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. Covering over 100 miles of wild and scenic river through class 4 & 5 rapids over 8000 feet below magnificent mountain peaks Sturgeon Fishing on the Snake River in Hells Canyon may very well be the most beautifully wild destination you can go to and catch a giant fish like a Hells Canyon Sturgeon. Going on maximum size, it is the third most massive living species of bony fish. The family is grouped into four genera: Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. Two closely related species, Polyodon spathula (American paddlefish) and Psephurus gla… The lake, or rock, sturgeon (A. fulvescens) of North America occurs in the Mississippi River valley, Great Lakes, and Canada and may weigh more than 90 kg (200 pounds). It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and formerly in the Adriatic Sea. The giant fish are known to hang out near the bottom of the lake, typically eluding being seen or caught. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous, and are descended from other, earlier acipenseriform fish who date back to the Triassic period some 245 to 208 million years ago. In 2018, two fishermen found a fish dying on the shore of Shasta Lake, only to revive this monster sturgeon (it was choking on a catfish) and send it back into the depths of Shasta: Heavily fished for the female's valuable roe, known as beluga caviar, wild populations have been greatly reduced by overfishing and poaching. Sturgeon are most dormant throughout the winter months when the water temps are in the low 40’s and 30’s. Four species may now be extinct.

Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. As water temps and river levels rise with the spring snow melt the “Sturgeon Frenzy” begins.