June 8, 2023

Sturgeon.

Posted by Ann Althouse at 4:11 AM
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14 comments:

Wince said...

Like a sturgeon, caught for the very first time?

6/8/23, 5:12 AM
Bob said...

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

6/8/23, 5:36 AM
donald said...

Been there done that.

6/8/23, 5:49 AM
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…

6/8/23, 6:12 AM
Leland said...

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

6/8/23, 6:42 AM
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.

6/8/23, 6:55 AM
ronetc said...

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

6/8/23, 7:17 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...

Fisheries OK, Forestry, not so much, eh?

6/8/23, 7:34 AM
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.

6/8/23, 7:45 AM
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.

6/8/23, 8:26 AM
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….

6/8/23, 9:29 AM
madAsHell said...

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

6/8/23, 9:47 AM
Jim at said...

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

6/8/23, 3:34 PM
Gahrie said...

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

6/8/23, 4:40 PM

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