Sturgeon Patrol

As you can see from the pictures and videos, Chad and myself had a pretty eventful day of sturgeon gaurding, if you will. When we got to the sturgeon camp we were assigned an area and were about to leave when another volunteer came in and said that there were no longer any fish in that area so we were reassigned. The area that we were assigned to was nicknamed "the shithouse." As funny as it may sound, we didnt know what to expect but it turns out it was just an old cottage along the bank of the river. The location was about a half mile from the nearest road and on private property so we were assured that there would be no problems with this area. We saw sturgeon immediately after arriving and there were tons of them. We were so intent on watching them we almost didnt see the person that had walked up behind us. When we saw them we were nervous at first but soon found out it was just a neighbor in charge of watching over the property while the owners were not around. After that it proved to be an uneventful night except for the sturgeon excitement and spawning of them. We did see several other fish including suckers collecting on the free lunch of sturgeon eggs. The night was mostly cold and quiet and then in the morning we left for the camp again where we reported what we had saw, they provided us with breakfast, and we were on our way home to make it back in time for bio lab.