Sturgeon Activism....????

[Darian]

The following is copied from a newspaper in Florida:

Sturgeon Knocks Out Florida Man on Suwannee River
Wednesday, August 09, 2006

WILDWOOD, Fla. - A man riding a personal watercraft on the Suwannee River was injured after a 4-foot-long sturgeon jumped out of the water and hit him, wildlife officials said.

Blake Nicholas Fessenden, 23, was heading north on the Suwannee River Sunday just north of the Hart Springs Sand Bar when he was hit and fell off the craft, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Fessenden was knocked unconscious.

His girlfriend was riding another watercraft behind him and was able to get to Fessenden and hold his head above water before passengers on another vessel arrived to pull him from the water, officials said.

He was airlifted to Shands Hospital in Gainesville with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

A 31-year-old woman was hospitalized in April after a 3-foot-long sturgeon jumped into a boat being driven by the woman's fiance. The pair was also on the Suwannee River.

Officials at the time said similar accidents occur once or twice a year on the river and that the fish can jump as high as 8 feet in the air and can weigh up to 200 pounds.


Any of you guys think Surgeon are striking back :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

[jbird]

Yet another reason personal watercraft are dangerous 8)

[Ed Wahl]

Ya just gotta love strugeon. :D

[Tracy Chimenti]

... couldn't happen to a nicer 'craft.

[mems]

Way down upon the swanee river a sucker jumped and knocked out a sucka. Funny story, I didn't know they had sturgeon down there. I did swim at a cool spring on that river one time, but the biggest thing I saw there was a manatee. Then again one of the tourist ladies was pretty close in girth to that. Mems.

[Darian]

Hey Don,.... Did she have any prop marks on 'er :?: :?: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Katz]

I was out wakeboarding on the Sac above Rio Vista this summer and a friend was behind the boat. She jumped the wake and a huge sturgeon 1/2 breached right behind her while she was in the air :lol:

It really looked like the thing was trying to track her through the air. Reminded me exactly of what jaws did to the waterskiiers in the first movie. I know it wasn't tracking her but the timing was incredible.

Kraig

[OregonSalmon]

We now see why a fish 120 million years old has survived. Even 60 million years ago they were jumping into the trees and plicking off humans. The sturgeon and the cockroach...only things left after WW3.

At times, at the mouth of the Columbia, when it is calm, they roll. What a friggin' sight. Amazing. The Loch Ness monster has nothing on these fish. Always have to go with the line out of the movie Jaws..."we need a bigger boat". They make Rosanne look anorexic. Big fishies.