Thanks for posting that info, very interesting. I know that they are an endangered species. I don’t think I have ever seen any body let them go here. I rarely keep any fish ever. Plus i would never keep a fish from the ohio river, a little on the dirty side. People rarley release fish here, and if they catch it, they end up keeping it. Lots of people snag for paddle fish and in Kentucky it is legal practice unfortunately. It would be nice if they closed this fishery off and stopped people from snagging this fish, but what do i know and who am i to judge. The fish that i caught in above picture was snagged in the bottom side of her head and then toward the end of the fight she rolled in the line. I was using 8lb line and it was quite the challenge getting her in in the strong current. I posted a picutre about a week ago of another paddle fish that i caught and that was caught on a 1.5 inch crappie jig hooked in the mouth.