White sturgeon produce a very fine quality egg that compares with the more famous Russian caviar. All the sturgeon that have been caught have succumbed to worms or mackerel, however, shrimp is the favorite bait where these fish are native. They are bottom feeders and as such do not compete with any other species that we have in Cuyamaca. Their favorite food is midge larvae which are mosquito looking bugs which have a worm stage that lives in the lake mud. We have tons of midge larvae in the lake.
Sturgeon are very catchable.