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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 10, 2006 9:23:28 GMT -5
The fish are tired of getting "pipe bombs" dropped on them and are fighting back..Jumping sturgeon whacks jet-skierWednesday, August 9, 2006; Posted: 1:37 p.m. EDT (17:37 GMT) The sturgeon in this file photo was 6 feet 2 inches long and weighed 138 pounds. WILDWOOD, Florida (AP) -- A man riding a personal watercraft 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 on Sunday 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 a Gainesville hospital 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.
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Post by mbogo on Aug 10, 2006 9:42:07 GMT -5
A 20 lb. Asian Carp would be bad enough but that guy is lucky to be alive after colliding with a fish of that size.
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Post by Decatur on Aug 10, 2006 10:03:52 GMT -5
Boy that would be a shock!
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 10, 2006 12:47:21 GMT -5
Heck with the wet suits! Break out the body armor.
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Post by danf on Aug 11, 2006 17:46:37 GMT -5
It's the ANIMAL CONSPIRACY at it AGAIN!!!! ;D
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