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As we were leaving the A1 diner the other day we noticed a large group of people gathered on the bridge spanning the river next door.
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It only took a moment of looking down to realize what they were all there to watch.
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The sturgeon were spawning.
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If you’ve never seen a sturgeon take my word for it, they’re a big strong fish.
As I was taking this video some young men were on the far bank fishing. Since the sturgeon are a protected species this is highly illegal and a woman on the bridge starts screaming at them to leave at the end of this clip. Keep an eye on the water, one of the sturgeon jumped near the end.
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It was an interesting way to end the afternoon.
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River's world..... 
Cool fish jump, and good for that woman. I mean, maybe those people didn’t know and didn’t appreciate getting yelled at, but they definitely know now!
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I felt like she could have handled it better, but you can’t deny her passion for the issue.
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It can’t be easy for those horny sturgeon to play their instruments under water. No wonder they have to come up for air occasionally.
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Clearly they like a challenge.
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No virgin sturgeon emergin’?
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Highly doubtful. They were busy…
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🎵Like a sturgeon; being touched for the very first time… 🎵
That is such a cool sight to see! I once was kayaking in the river close to my old home and the carp were spawning. The water was so shallow you could see their dorsal fins breaking through the surface and the water appeared to be boiling with their thrashings. The carp were quite huge, but not as big as those sturgeons! Thanks for sharing!
Deb
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It was quite something to watch. Sturgeon are huge!
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Ain’t nature grand!
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She really is!
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Everything is so visually spectacular, never saw a sturgeon up close like that. They are pretty big fish and that lady’s passion is just as strong, lol.
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They’re large and quite powerful. It was an awesome sight…
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Pretty sure I’ve been called a horny sturgeon once or twice.
That woman’s really agitated, isn’t she?
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She was a bit much. But the guys did stop…
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I would’ve too, ha!
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Caviar on the fin!
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That’s pretty cool!
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I’m with the woman – I’d be ‘rabid’, too. Too many are just ignorant and/or careless about the problems the environment has and how humans are the cause of them (and their demise will be at their own hand). If the fishermen catch the fish on their way to breeding there will soon be no fish. It’s happened before in many places, and continues happening, across the world. I watched a documentary the other day where the tide was coming in and the guys had big nets catching the fish as they came in to spawn. They threw away some of the smaller ones, but as human populations grow we need more fish spawning, not less. It’s backwards.
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I agree completely. But it would have been just as effective if she had walked down there and told them face to face instead of screaming it off the bridge.
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That would be so cool to witness. I mean, not the horny part, but the swimming/jumping part.
Karen could have done the community service part a bit nicer.
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To be fair there are no posted signs.
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