STURGEON LENGTH / WEIGHT
This chart is a copy of a WDFW Lower Columbia
chart
After 2009 the State of Washington Department of Fish &
Wildlife
measurement is taken to the FORK LENGTH not overall length
| Fork Length | Total length | # | Age | Fork Length | Total Length | # | Age | Fork Length | Total Length | # | Age | ||
| 22" | 24" | 3# | 5 | 49" | 54" | 37# | 16 | 76" | 84" | 152# | 34 | ||
| 23" | 25" | 3# | 6 | 50" | 55" | 39# | 17 | 77" | 85" | 158# | 35 | ||
| 24" | 27" | 4# | 6 | 51" | 57" | 42# | 17 | 78" | 86" | 165# | 36 | ||
| 25" | 28" | 4# | 6 | 52" | 58" | 45# | 18 | 79" | 88" | 172# | 37 | ||
| 26" | 29" | 5# | 7 | 53" | 59" | 47# | 18 | 80" | 89" | 179# | 38 | ||
| 27" | 30" | 5# | 7 | 54" | 60" | 50# | 19 | 81" | 90" | 186# | 39 | ||
| 28" | 31" | 6# | 7 | 55" | 61" | 53# | 19 | 82" | 91" | 194# | 40 | ||
| 29" | 32" | 7# | 8 | 56" | 62" | 57# | 20 | 83" | 92" | 202# | 41 | ||
| 30" | 33" | 8# | 8 | 57" | 63" | 60# | 20 | 84" | 93" | 210# | 42 | ||
| 31" | 34" | 8# | 8 | 58" | 64" | 63# | 21 | 85" | 94" | 218# | 44 | ||
| 32" | 35" | 9# | 9 | 59" | 65" | 67# | 22 | 86" | 95" | 226# | 45 | ||
| 33" | 37" | 10# | 9 | 60" | 66" | 71# | 23 | 87" | 96" | 235# | 46 | ||
| 34" | 38" | 11# | 10 | 61" | 68" | 75# | 23 | 88" | 98" | 243# | 48 | ||
| 35" | 39" | 12# | 10 | 62" | 69" | 79# | 23 | 89" | 99" | 253# | 49 | ||
| 36" | 40" | 14# | 10 | 63" | 70" | 83# | 24 | 90" | 100" | 263# | 51 | ||
| 37" | 41" | 15# | 11 | 64" | 71" | 87# | 25 | 91" | 101" | 271# | 53 | ||
| 38" | 42" | 16# | 11 | 65" | 72" | 92# | 25 | 92" | 102" | 281# | 54 | ||
| 39" | 43" | 18# | 12 | 66" | 73" | 96# | 26 | 93" | 103" | 291# | 56 | ||
| 40" | 44" | 19# | 12 | 67" | 74" | 101# | 27 | 94" | 104" | 301# | 58 | ||
| 41" | 45" | 21# | 13 | 68" | 75" | 106# | 28 | 95" | 105" | 312# | 60 | ||
| 42" | 47" | 22# | 13 | 69" | 76" | 111# | 28 | 96" | 106" | 322# | 63 | ||
| 43" | 48" | 24# | 13 | 70" | 78" | 116# | 29 | 97" | 108" | 333# | 65 | ||
| 44" | 49" | 26# | 14 | 71" | 79" | 122# | 30 | 98" | 109" | 345# | 68 | ||
| 45" | 50" | 28# | 14 | 72" | 80" | 127# | 31 | 99" | 110" | 356# | 71 | ||
| 46" | 51" | 30# | 15 | 73" | 81" | 133# | 31 | 100" | 111" | 368# | 75 | ||
| 47" | 52" | 32# | 15 | 74" | 82" | 139# | 32 | 101" | 112" | 380# | 79 | ||
| 48" | 53" | 34# | 16 | 75" | 83" | 145# | 33 | 102" | 113" | 392# | 84 |
NOTE the Canadian chart shown below lists the fish weights heavier than Washington chart
The following chart was supplied courtesy of B. C. Frasier
River White Sturgeon study program
These lengths are overall length
These Frasier River fish must eat better than the
Columbia River ones do
| Length/weight | Length/weight | Length/weight | Length/weight |
| 20"/ 2# | 57"/ 55# | 94"/ 259# | 134"/ 757# |
| 22"/ 3# | 59"/ 61# | 96"/ 276# | 136"/ 792# |
| 24"/ 4# | 61"/ 67# | 98"/ 294# | 138"/ 828# |
| 26"/ 5# | 63"/ 74# | 100"/ 312# | 140"/ 865# |
| 28"/ 6# | 65"/ 82# | 102"/ 332# | 142"/ 903# |
| 30"/ 7# | 67"/ 90# | 104"/ 352# | 144"/ 943# |
| 31"/ 9# | 69"/ 98# | 106"/ 372# | 146"/ 983# |
| 33"/ 11# | 71"/ 107# | 108"/ 394# | 148"/ 1024# |
| 35"/ 13# | 73"/ 116# | 110"/ 417# | 150"/ 1067# |
| 37"/ 15# | 75"/ 126# | 112"/ 440# | 152"/ 1111# |
| 39"/ 17# | 77"/ 137# | 114"/ 464# | 154"/ 1156# |
| 41"/ 20# | 79"/ 148# | 116"/ 489# | 156"/ 1202# |
| 43"/ 23# | 81"/ 159# | 118"/ 515# | 157"/ 1250# |
| 45"/ 27# | 83"/ 172# | 120"/ 542# | 159"/ 1298# |
| 47"/ 31# | 85"/ 185# | 122"/ 570# | 161"/ 1348# |
| 49"/ 35# | 87"/ 198# | 124"/ 599# | 163"/ 1400# |
| 51"/ 39# | 89"/ 212# | 128"/ 659# | 165"/ 1452# |
| 53"/ 44# | 91"/ 227# | 130"/ 691# | 167"/ 1506# |
| 55"/ 49# | 93"/ 243# | 132"/ 724# |
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Last updated 11-23-2020