Endangered sturgeon fish flourishing in Wisconsin

SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) - It's been a tough fight for the whisker-snouted sturgeon.

The fish survived whatever killed the dinosaurs millions of years ago and has struggled against the destruction of its habitat as well as overfishing. Now there's a small pocket of the sturgeon in Wisconsin that has managed to make an impressive comeback.

The Lake Winnebago system boasts of having one of the world's largest concentrations of sturgeon.

Hundreds of people visited its shores this month to watch the fish writhe and splash as they laid eggs.

It's the only place where so many sturgeon come close enough that people can reach down and touch the fish, which grow up to 300 pounds and look like a cross between a catfish and shark.