Strange Sturgeon (pic)

[Rakkasan]

Anyone ever catch and release this fish before???? Good day and no keepers. The one below was legal if it's back was not deformed. One other 1/4 inch to short. Great bite and lot's of fish in the 30 range.

Maybe some day some lucky angler will get to take this prize home.

Good catch Dave!

[ 01-11-2004, 07:20 PM: Message edited by: DSRods ]

[5-Cents]

Poor guy... :depressed: I would not eat that one either. Kind of reminds me of that fish from the Simpsons... did it have three heads too

[StinkyH]

Perhaps you hooked it in the middle of it's yoga session. :grin:

StinkyH

[blacktail519]

Ya know,
Never caught one with a back like that, But caught them with no tail.. And i noticed that fish has some black spots in the skin.. What is that? I caught a couple this weekend while out with DBLUGIL that had the same thing. The spots were actually under the skin.. What the heck is that?????

[Taildragger]

Dang those willamette fish sure are pretty this time of year!!! :shocked: :grin: Id bet if you get that crook out of his tail hed go 45" I caught three smaller ones just like that bankin it by trojan just last week! :depressed: [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

[Fish Hawg]

I have cauhgt some strange fish like that down at tounge point [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

[wootersen]

Gillnet accident ?

Could that be caused by improper tailing when it was younger ?

:whazzup: :whazzup: :whazzup:

[Pitch Pocket]

Catching and eating fish from a superfund site is risky business. Release all Willamette fish.

[Rakkasan]

Yeah it would have went around 45" if that whatever it is was streched out. I did not notice the black spots until you said something. I was to busy looking at the yoga deal and getting the camera. I have caught sturgeon with no tails. I was told that gill netters cut them off. Anyone ever heard of this? I guess part of the fun of sturgeon fishing is seeing what strange things you can pull up. We also got one with two hooks hanging out of it's *******. We cut them off and put it back. Talk about a hemroid :shocked:

[Sublime]

[img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img] Hmmm, I've seen some strange fish, [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img] but....that's GOT TO BE a Willamette beauty! :grin: [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Fishin Magician]

I would guess that it was hit by a boat prop when it was very young........I saw it fight and it seemed no worse for wear..... :grin:

[Thumper]

Wow! A sturgeon with no head! :shocked:

[TonTo]

Never caught one like that but I did release one like that before I caught a shaker this last spring down out of Astoria.When un hooking it ,it fliped away from me ,hit the deck and floped a few times against the engine cover.When I finaly was able to get ahold of it again it had a bend in it that looked just like that fish.I figured it either pulled a muscle or was scrunching up to apear smaller My brother and I each gave it a tug hoping to straiten it but to no avail.Aside from the strange kink and some guilt I was feeling the fish other wise seemed unharmed.It was released and swam off like nothing ever happened.I still have no idea what actualy caused it to kink up,at the time I thought it may have been a muscle cramp,gave me a charlie horse just looking at it.Allthough the chances of that being the same fish are rare,I thought my fish would straighten out on it's own after release,maybe not. :blush:

[rpnsteelheadlps]

It is a muscle spasm.

[Pickles]

I think it is from being caught and injured in a gillnet when it was younger. I have seen this before on a tagged sturgeon. Another reason to ban gillnetting!

[grumman16]

Well I thought the one I caught on saturday was strange but it looks normal compared to that fish.



I let ol' one eye go, once we snapped this pic since he still had some growing to do.

[Twitchs_Tackle]

Ask Quasimoto the Fish Killer, he may be able to provide some insightful clues...

No offense,.. Quasi, meet Quasi...

[Mrdorkfish]

That poor fish has enough problems, please just leave it in the water and release it.

Thanks,

MrDorkfish [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

Louis

They are talking about New Wild Springer rules...leaving them in the water.. "Just do it"

[Skipper]

It might have been caught by one of the Oregon City Wall fishers who tossed back a shaker from 100 ft up. :shocked:

I think they should ban sturgeon fishing from high places.

Cheerio'
Skipper

[Fast Water]

Looks like someone probably stomped on it as a shaker to stretch it then let it go.

:smile:

[buckfish]

I caught a fish similar to that one just west of Longview last year, only smaller. Reminds me of the days working for a local rod manf. co. and we had our co. picnic complete with fishing derby at Trojan!

[DF]

grumman...yuck dude
wounder what happend to that poor fella [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

[Hoosier Daddy]

Ya know, some fish are just born with stuff like this. It happens in all kinds of fish, people too. There doesn't have to be a sinister reason behind it, it just is.

[CATCH AND EAT]

Sea lion attack broke it's back.

[Hoosier Daddy]

No bite scars??

[Degner]

Straight out of the cooling pond at the nuclear plant?

[Boat Monkey]

Uhh,.. hope you're wearing gloves pal. My guess is we're seeing the effects of nitrogen (fertilizer) and organophosphates (pesticides) build up. AND I HOPE YOU ARE NOT EATING THEM EITHER!!!

[fishbait]

Caught a summer up on Mt. Hood many years ago that had a simular looking spine.

[Fishin Magician]

Dave- I just talked to a friend of mine who has a degree in fisheries science and he says that it is could very well be from getting electroshocked. The fish and wildlife goes out and does studies on the rivers. They electro shock fish during some of those studies. He said that it can sometimes break the cartilage in their back if they are in the testing area and get shocked.
Old one eye........I dont know predator or boat prop........

[Rakkasan]

That makes sense to me

Did you get those pictures I sent?

[SKP]

That's what happens when you feed them TCM stuff.

Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.

SKP

[Fishin Magician]

Yes thank you very much........

[Jeremy]

From todays snore-agonian, parasites could have gotten to that sturgeon???

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/orego...4929175221.xml

[Buster747]

Take a look at the page one story in "The Oregonian" Wednesday about the deformities in fish at the Newberg Pool. This looks alot like what is happening to the fish there, the sturgeon could have been from there too.

[Hawg Caller]

Hey that looks like some of the weird critters I've pulled out of the newberg pool...I would'nt touch it!

[Walleyed]

Looks like me after a day in my
brother inlaws boat

[FreetoFish]

Was the sturgeon bent like that before you brought it out of the water? They have no bone structure to support their own weight. Maybe he broke when he was lifted out of the water....
Who knows..
Have you read the paper about the parasites deforming the minnows above willamette falls in the tualitan pool. They are similar...

[Fishrite]

I agree with Bernie, a sea lion attack. I caught a steelhead that looked just like that. It was way up the Hood River. The back bone was actually broken, but the spinal cord was still in tack. It takes a real dedicated fish to get that far up river with a broken back. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Fishrite

[STGRule]

That's okay, they still grow up.

[Rakkasan]

Now that is a true Hummpy