Sturgeon
 

Today my brothers Jim (MountainCaster) , Pat and I were scouting for bass on the BackBeach and found a sturgeon. In tough shape, but whole. About 5 1/2 feet long. Rich at Nelson's B&T was kind enough to download my camera's card. I can't do it on this machine and the other is a week away. He said he'd post them for us here.:) Coolest thing I've found so far. Today also yeilded 2 shark vertabrate about 8 inches in diameter! Not whale, wasn't vascular enough. And two plugs. I love beachcombing! :uhuh:

Kewl stuff, Fred. :kewl:

Fred
 

AHH,
Always find cool stuff when you're around Fred!!!
Like the plug that you left in my door-handle the day that Mikey's truck got greased!!!
Rickman-1 Mikey -1
Later,
Rick

Thats weird, theres one washed up down here in RI too....

Yes!! Looked just like that! How big was that one?

Could they have been netted by mistake (died) and then release back out to the sea?

Never seen a Sturgeon here before ever.

I've seen them out on the Oregon coast area.

Pretty archiac looking - sort of like a dinosaur.

We got a couple back when I used to gillnet. Looks like a dinasaur, really cool.

See them at the mouth of the CT river all the time. They tend to leap out of the water especially during spring.

Most of the rivers in New England have native sturgeon populations.

I found one about 3 years ago in the Sakonnet dead and rank :yak6:
probably about 4' long

Found by Back Beach and his blood line.

Thanks a ton, Rich.
MD2020, my first impression as I drove toward it was " WTH is an iguana doing out here?"

:btu: