June 8, 2023

Sturgeon.

14 comments:

Wince said...

Like a sturgeon, caught for the very first time?

Bob said...

They are found in the Suwanee River in Florida, where they occasionally leap into boats and injure or even kill boaters.

donald said...

Been there done that.

rehajm said...

We used to see them waterskiing in Idaho sometimes. It is a Jaws like moment followed by a contrails from a cartoon like moment as I rocket back in to the boat…

Leland said...

Was it still alive? The gills were not moving and not one twitch from the tail?

Fritz said...

In recent years, sturgeon have made a significant comeback in several tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, to the point that the threat of having one jump into a boat is real. In colonial times, they were the target of a major fishery here.

ronetc said...

"We used to see them waterskiing in Idaho sometimes." A sturgeon waterskiing . . . now that would be something to see, Idaho or wherever!

BUMBLE BEE said...

Fisheries OK, Forestry, not so much, eh?

Rusty said...

Wisconsin has White Sturgeon in it's rivers and in Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. There's a restricted season because it takes twenty years for them to mature to the point where they can spawn.

Rusty said...

A while ago when sturgeon fishing was a popular subject on the bass-choker channels. A famous tournament bass fisherperson strapped on a a float tube,(giant, dressed up innertube) and a great big fishing rode and floated the Columbia river for Sturgeon.
Remember when you were a kid fishing? And the little fish would just play with the bobber not really taking it all the way down? It was like that but with a guy in an innertube.
Needless to say, it was hilarious.

rehajm said...

We used to see them waterskiing in Idaho sometimes." A sturgeon waterskiing . . . now that would be something to see, Idaho or wherever

Your check is in the mail….

madAsHell said...

Every few years, sea monsters are imagined in Lake Washington. It's sturgeon.

Jim at said...

If you ever get the chance to visit Bonneville dam, check out the sturgeons in the viewing pond. Massive.

Gahrie said...

If that fish was a female full of roe, it was worth millions.