220-pound fish caught in Hudson River

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Talk about the catch of the day. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), members of the Hudson River Estuary Program fisheries staff caught a 220-pound fish that was over six feet long.

The NYS DEC says the fish, an Atlantic sturgeon, was caught last week. It was captured under a National Marine Fisheries Service endangered species research permit. The NYS DEC says the Atlantic sturgeon is an endangered...