Really interesting article posted by Karl Blankenship at the Bay Journal yesterday:
Two years ago, Bill Harris and his daughter were fishing on Marshyhope Creek on the Eastern Shore when suddenly, across the river, a large sturgeon jumped out of the water.
“‘That is a once in a lifetime experience!’” Harris exclaimed to his daughter, Susan. “We’ll never see another sturgeon.”
He was wrong. During fishing trips last year with his friend, Randy Rowland, the two retired U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists saw sturgeon after sturgeon. They counted nearly 50 jumping sturgeon during their weekly fall fish trips on the creek, a tributary to the Nanticoke River.
This year, they got an even closer look. On Sept. 20, Harris and Rowland were carp fishing when they saw a number of sturgeon jumping nearby. They edged nearer.
Suddenly, a 5.5-foot sturgeon leapt out of the river and into their 16-foot boat, landing between Harris, who was sitting in the back seat, and the motor. The big fish knocked a rod holder off the boat, sent a fishing rod into the water and brushed against Harris’ thigh. “It went ballistic,” recalled Harris, who leapt from his seat. “I was hoping he wouldn’t beat the bottom out of the boat.”
Find the full article here.
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 15:21
Really interesting article posted by Karl Blankenship at the Bay Journal yesterday:
Two years ago, Bill Harris and his daughter were fishing on Marshyhope Creek on the Eastern Shore when suddenly, across the river, a large sturgeon jumped out of the water.
“‘That is a once in a lifetime experience!’” Harris exclaimed to his daughter, Susan. “We’ll never see another sturgeon.”
He was wrong. During fishing trips last year with his friend, Randy Rowland, the two retired U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists saw sturgeon after sturgeon. They counted nearly 50 jumping sturgeon during their weekly fall fish trips on the creek, a tributary to the Nanticoke River.
This year, they got an even closer look. On Sept. 20, Harris and Rowland were carp fishing when they saw a number of sturgeon jumping nearby. They edged nearer.
Suddenly, a 5.5-foot sturgeon leapt out of the river and into their 16-foot boat, landing between Harris, who was sitting in the back seat, and the motor. The big fish knocked a rod holder off the boat, sent a fishing rod into the water and brushed against Harris’ thigh. “It went ballistic,” recalled Harris, who leapt from his seat. “I was hoping he wouldn’t beat the bottom out of the boat.”
Find the full article here.