It was a rainy morning on March 29 when Capt. Zack Medinas met his party of three anglers for the day. The group decided they’d head out anyway to target white sturgeon in Suisun Bay, California, ...

On July 9, 1983, Joey Pallotta of Crockett, California caught the world record white sturgeon weighing 468 pounds while fishing from his boat in San Pablo Bay in Contra Costa County. His epic catch ...

Four Bay Area environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Secretary of the U.S, Department of the Interior failed to deliver a ...

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...

White sturgeon have been through a lot. These giant, ancient fish that once lived among dinosaurs have survived a meteor strike, shifting continents, and the arrival of humankind. More recently, ...

New protections for white sturgeon may impact farm water supplies and increase costs for local water agencies. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo) California’s effort to protect an ...

A female sturgeon captured by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is tagged to document movement in the San Joaquin River Basin. April 17, 2024 (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Bay City News) After over 100 ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - This past summer, fisheries biologists with the Magic Valley Region spent weeks on the Snake River between Milner Dam and Idaho Falls surveying the white sturgeon ...

ST HELENS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A giant white sturgeon more than seven feet long was among five sturgeon seized and released by Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers responding to a report of poaching ...

A dozen independent fish scientists are calling for urgent changes to sport fishing rules to save California’s largest freshwater fish after an unprecedented red tide this summer left hundreds of them ...

A woman fishing last week on the Fraser River outside of Vancouver, Canada, hooked a 9-foot sturgeon whose mighty leap was caught on video. In the accompanying footage (best viewed with sound), ...

Pete Peeters, a former award-winning NHL goalie who likes to note he once gave up four goals to Wayne Gretzky in a single game, can now boast of something substantial in the world of fishing. Peeters ...