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blog.oregonlive.com — When sonar surveys spotted a vast pile of rubble in the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam late last winter, officials suddenly worried part of the dam structure was eroding into the river. U.S. Army Corps of EngineersThousands of sturgeon - some 14 feet

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  1. Pretty kick ass vid on that site... something similar happens annually at a small spillway in Shawano, WI. Except they are all near the surface and all the locals head out to watch, and some say it's like you can walk across the water on them there are so many.

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  2. @TalkingCactus Cool, Sturgeoun are one of my favorite fish. I cant wait to fish for them again!

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  3. my first thought is that they could have been headed upstream to spawn as other fish do when the conditions are right, and got held up by the dam. i've seen large numbers of catfish do this after a very heavy spring rainy period in Lake Hodges (so.cal.) one time...it looked like 1000s of catfish (i didn't have a boat) or more, some VERY large ones, were all headed upstream.

    but then i could be wrong. the lollygagging seems odd for fish that are about to spawn, but then maybe once they got all held up, they depleted the oxygen rapidly and kind of slowed down..?

    either way, great find. i really enjoyed it and might suggest it for the Hall of Fame, actually.

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  4. @yoda Thanks mabey I could get a invite to this hall of fame group you speak about? I am asuming its a mixx group. By the way It was preaty neat to hear you on Marcs show saturday.....Your name is Bruce just like the Hulk's.

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  5. @mortalwind what about Batman?

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