Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1920 — Great Sturgeon Fishing. [ARTICLE]

Great Sturgeon Fishing.

The scene of the sturgeon fishing is at the mouth of the river Volga, where as many as 15,000 sturgeon are sometimes captured in one day. The flesh is salted for use during the numerous fasts enjoyed by the Greek church, but the flesh, though valuable, and resembling veal when roasted in the same way, is not by any means the chief value of the fish. Isinglass and caviare are the two principal products whiih make the sturgedn so valuable. The air-bladder, when dried and properly prepared, is named Isinglass, and this very valuable material* used to be annually Imported to England from Petrograd In large quantities. Caviare is a preparation from the roe of the female fish. It has a strong, oily, and peculiar flavor, much esteemed by gourmands—at least, after they have become used to it —but not so much approved of by persons of simple tastes. The preparation of these two products gives employment to many thousands of persons.