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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

Catching and releasing a sturgeon too big to truly weigh

Steve Esler (left standing) helps John Krizek hold Krizek’s 72-inch lake sturgeon caught at the Wisconsin Dells, before it was released back. (Provided)

When I asked John Krizek if he knew what his 72-inch lake sturgeon weighed, he said, “I have no idea. We don’t have a scale that big on the boat. We were in shock.”

Krizek, of Antioch, and his fishing friend of 30 years, Steve Esler, have fished Wisconsin’ hook-and-line season for lake sturgeon in September out of River’s Edge Resort at the Wisconsin Dell for about 25 years.

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