http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Did-a-Sea-Monster-Wash-Up-on-a-South-Carolina-Coast-144271785.html
I thought this was pretty interesting
That is kind of amazing.
I can’t understand why more people don’t catch them accidentally while bottom fishing in our brackish rivers. At times, you can witness dozens of these Atlantic Sturgeon free jumping around the areas you are fishing, but you never hear of anyone catching any. They HAVE to eat, and I don’t think they are vegetarians.
they eat benthic invertebrates. about the only thing possible to catch one on around here might be a bloodworm, but it’s illegal to target them and illegal to handle one even if accidentally hooked.
also, part of the time they’re in brackish may be on their upstream migration to spawn in fresh as they are anadromous, and they might not feed during that time.
Benthic invertebrates! I had to read up on that as I had no idea. Barbawang es en fuego with the info on CF today!
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Originally posted by barbawangthey eat benthic invertebrates. about the only thing possible to catch one on around here might be a bloodworm, but it’s illegal to target them and illegal to handle one even if accidentally hooked.
also, part of the time they’re in brackish may be on their upstream migration to spawn in fresh as they are anadromous, and they might not feed during that time.
That thing didnt look like a fish to me.
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Originally posted by RADDADDYBarbawang es en fuego with the info on CF today!
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APOB, see pic below for what it might’ve looked like if it were in better shape and that orientation. that’s the ventral (bottom) side of most of a large atlantic sturgeon. chances are at that size that it was a female. the rows of bony scutes on top and bottom of the belly and up on its side are very similar to those in alligator skin. when they’re little, the scutes are razor sharp and cover most of the fish’s body, rendering them inedible and almost unhandle-able. as they grow, the skin fills in the space between them but it’s still an incredible defense.
I’ve caught a few of those scoundrels in drag nets and shad nets, and can vouch that they are almost unhandle-able. Rough on a net too!! I’d rather have a gator in the net than a sturgeon.
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You feel free to use as wanted, Barbawang. I hold no intellectual property rights to such! 
Keep up the good work. Very interesting stuff, and definitely a change from the normal product promotion, self-promotion, and general bloviation that sometimes occurs here. (Before I get blasted, I’m guilty!)
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Originally posted by RADDADDYBarbawang es en fuego with the info on CF today!
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>i hope you don’t mind, but that’s going in my profile!
APOB, see pic below for what it might’ve looked like if it were in better shape and that orientation. that’s the ventral (bottom) side of most of a large atlantic sturgeon. chances are at that size that it was a female. the rows of bony scutes on top and bottom of the belly and up on its side are very similar to those in alligator skin. when they’re little, the scutes are razor sharp and cover most of the fish’s body, rendering them inedible and almost unhandle-able. as they grow, the skin fills in the space between them but it’s still an incredible defense.
Saw one free jump behind the Citadel a couple of years ago. Just about 6’ from my stern.
It got dangerous for me last September running the Edisto River from Jacksonboro bridge on up about 10 miles while I was bass fishing! I had several 30-70 lb. fish jump in front of the boat while running at 30+ mph. 3 or so barely missed! There had to have been hundreds in the river at the time.
quote:I've also heard reports of activity like that in the Georgetown area.
Originally posted by RADDADDYIt got dangerous for me last September running the Edisto River from Jacksonboro bridge on up about 10 miles while I was bass fishing! I had several 30-70 lb. fish jump in front of the boat while running at 30+ mph. 3 or so barely missed! There had to have been hundreds in the river at the time.
Oh yeah. We see them do it up near the jetties in Winyah Bay.