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Nope, Cypress..but...It IS a fish.
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Pompano
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This one was about 10 feet long, but these can reach up to 15ft and weigh in at over 1500 lbs. Classified as a 'bony fish', meaning it belongs to a
class of fish that have skeletons of bone. No scales, but rather has rows of bony plates.
Hint: I took the that close-up of the eye photo on dry land, but the fish was in the water.
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Taco de Baja
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Meow?
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Cypress
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A sturgeon?
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toneart
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Halibut
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Pompano
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One of those was RIGHT!
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I think I will concede to Cypress because of the size. 
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So it can't be a sturgeon because they are a cartilaginous fish, meaning they have no real bones just cartilage.
A halibut so it be?
btw, my current dinner special is Columbia River tributary sturgeon served with a hazelnut shallot sauce.
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Pompano
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Cypress is correcto...
Sorry Taco de Baja and Tony...not a catfish nor a halibut, although both of those can reach huge sizes.
Some sturgeon facts:
http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?ID=9&sp=884
This is a White Sturgeon named Harry. He is at the Bonneville Dam & Bradford Island Visitor Center on the Columbia River near Cascade Locks and
The Dalles.
I snapped a few good photos of Harry, salmon, and rainbows. I stood next to the viewing plate and looked deep into his eyes......deep,
deep...deeep..zz!..Say, does anyone have a glob of worms you can spare? I have this urge...
[Edited on 8-24-2009 by Pompano]
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Russ
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Maaaaan, I found it but was looking for a good pic. Use to fish for them near Bonniville Dam. They pull hard.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
So it can't be a sturgeon because they are a cartilaginous fish, meaning they have no real bones just cartilage.
A halibut so it be?
btw, my current dinner special is Columbia River tributary sturgeon served with a hazelnut shallot sauce. |
Corky, hang onto some of that sturgeon. We are slowly heading your way. Tillamook right now.
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Pompano
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Russ, too bad...you had it nailed, too.
El Camote..you made me spit coffee. 
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We'd go near the damn spillway at Bonneville to catch shad on 4# test with 1/16oz jigs (shade darts) for bait and occasionally snag a sturgeon. I
don't think they even knew they'd been hooked but what a way to burn a drag on your reel!
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
We'd go near the damn spillway at Bonneville to catch shad on 4# test with 1/16oz jigs (shade darts) for bait and occasionally snag a sturgeon. I
don't think they even knew they'd been hooked but what a way to burn a drag on your reel! |
Russ, I stood right there just a couple days ago and saw a big sturgeon breach right below me...of course I was way too late to snap a photo..but he
was HUGE. Now way are you going to handle on of these brutes on light tackle from shore in that current.
I recieved this photo in the mail just now.
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Cypress
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Biggest I ever caught was 11 feet long, measured it with a tape, was unable to wiegh it. Catch and release.
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Oh....Harry! Why didn't you say so in the beginning, Pompano? 
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
Oh....Harry! Why didn't you say so in the beginning, Pompano? |
Tony, Harry seemed to like me...or maybe he was stalking me!
The lagoon-viewing room was full of tourists when I came down the stairs. Lots of little fish were right next to the windows, but Harry was being a
little camera-shy .. as he was continually swimming away from the people pressed up the panels.
Then I came up closer to the window... and Harry suddenly rushed the window with a mighty whoosh of his tail...stopped broadside within a foot of my
face... and looked me directly in the eye. Shades of Herman Melville!!...I shivered and felt what Capn. Ahab must have felt when Moby Dick's huge eye
transfixed him! I wonder..Am I now cursed? My scalp now has a lightning bolt of white running down the side.
Maybe I could use another cup of hi-test coffee?
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Sharksbaja
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Just fer the record
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Classified as a 'bony fish', meaning it belongs to a class of fish that have skeletons of bone. No scales, but rather has rows of bony plates.
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It would seem logical that a "bony fish" would have real bones for a skeleton. Not the case with sturgeon, they don't have bones much like rays and
shark. They have cartilage skeletons.
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Cypress
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Sharksbaja, You're right, but it was a picture of a sturgeon.
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Yeah, had me fooled. I thought it was a skate. That Pompano sure has some interesting stuff!
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