Aquariareview June 26, 2008 Share June 26, 2008 I took this picture at a fish hatchery in Oregon. Herman is an (approximately) 11 foot long, 500 pound, 70 year old white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) who resides at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery at the mouth of Tanner Creek on the Oregon side of the Columbia River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wreck June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 he looks cool, it's wild to think that sturgeons used to thrive and spawn in the Potomac River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOT June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 (edited) thats awesome! do you have any other pics from the fishery? i'd love to see em. I had no idea that they used to live in the potomac, i wonder why they don't any more... a three eyed sturgeon would be sweet! Edited June 27, 2008 by MOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wreck June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 I had to do a search to make sure my memory was correct and found this article:sturgeon in the Potomac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Reefer June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 I wonder if the canal project had anything to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 As a native Oregon resident... I've been to the fish hatchery at Bonneville, and I've caught sturgeon in the Columbia river (near Astoria). Oregon is beautiful. Please visit. And then leave. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 looks freaking awesome! great pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paenian July 1, 2008 Share July 1, 2008 I used to go sturgeon fishing all the time up in the UP of Michigan; never quite caught a legal one, though :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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