Type of Species
May 2, 2021 09:18:31 #
This fish washed up in Hampton VA. Sturgeon??? Not sure. Nothing I’ve ever seen before in the Chesapeake Bay.
May 2, 2021 09:22:04 #
May 2, 2021 09:59:09 #
Big TC
Loc: Raytown, MO.
FishingNovice wrote:
This fish washed up in Hampton VA. Sturgeon??? Not sure. Nothing I’ve ever seen before in the Chesapeake Bay.
It's got a cool design and color. The face looks kinda weird. I don't know what it is.
May 2, 2021 10:04:55 #
Big TC wrote:
It's got a cool design and color. The face looks kinda weird. I don't know what it is.
Yes cool but creepy. Thanks
May 2, 2021 10:06:23 #
Thanks. It’s creepy so you never now what is swimming at the bottom of the bay.
May 2, 2021 11:25:09 #
FishingNovice wrote:
This fish washed up in Hampton VA. Sturgeon??? Not sure. Nothing I’ve ever seen before in the Chesapeake Bay.
Definitely a white sturgeon but it looks to have been dead a while for sure.
May 2, 2021 13:26:34 #
Looks like a sturgeon. Maybe someone knows if there is a breeding stock in the James, Potomac or Susquehanna Rivers.
May 3, 2021 10:50:41 #
Yeah, it's a sturgeon carcass. They're native to the Chesapeake and tributaries, and they're making a comeback, sort of. Very cool!
May 3, 2021 13:52:46 #
May 3, 2021 16:04:17 #
FishingNovice wrote:
This fish washed up in Hampton VA. Sturgeon??? Not sure. Nothing I’ve ever seen before in the Chesapeake Bay.
STURGEON
May 4, 2021 09:32:00 #
FishingCowboy
Loc: Redding, California
FishingNovice wrote:
This fish washed up in Hampton VA. Sturgeon??? Not sure. Nothing I’ve ever seen before in the Chesapeake Bay.
Just my thoughts.... every sturgeon I’ve ever seen has a vertical tail... This one’s tail appears to be horizontal
May 4, 2021 10:46:20 #
According to Wikipedia there are 27 different spices of Sturgeon
May 4, 2021 13:06:46 #
Quick check of Maryland fish ID page shows 2 species frequent the Bay, Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons.
May 4, 2021 15:32:33 #
FishingCowboy wrote:
Just my thoughts.... every sturgeon I’ve ever seen has a vertical tail... This one’s tail appears to be horizontal
Just the way it is laying.
May 17, 2021 09:13:47 #
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