A local breeder ( Freshwater farms - Urbana - Ohio) for these guys was selling 12" white sturgeons the last few years and said they were being used as a novelty bottom feeder/sportfish like a channel cat. I just contacted them to get more info and found out they will not have any this year but are planning on having more of them next year.
My questions are, does anyone have any information on these? They are slow growers but the ones they use for brood stock are about 15-20 lbs and I think they said were like 10 years old so I am not worried about them being too big for the pond ( 3/4 acre) I was wondering if anyone knew the stocking rate per acre? and they would be stocked in conjuction with CC. I guess anything of interests would be great to know so dont be shy, lets hear about it. If I remember right, they were pricey, like 25 bucks each and I was thinking of maybe 4 of em. But looks like I ll have to wait for this year

Thanks,
Salmonid (Mark)

Have fish..Will Travel
Mark Blauvelt - Dayton Ohio
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.75 acre pond, HSB,YP,CC,BC,BCF,BG,HBG,RES