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Fish Finder Page 2006 Pallid Sturgeon Spook -- Ms. Borges' After School Science home school, Billings (Pallid Sturgeon 1) Billy the Fish -- Ms. Cline's 5th grade, Poly Drive Elementary, Billings (Pallid Sturgeon 2) Extremo -- Ms. Anderson-Mr. Simley, 4th grade, Northside School, Wolf Point (Pallid Sturgeon 3) Bill Nish the Science Fish -- Ms. Maxwell's PEAK 3rd Grade Gifted and Talented Program, Helena (Pallid Sturgeon 1) Nessie -- Ms. Emond Martineau's 6th grade, Holy Name School, Sheridan, Wyo. (Pallid Sturgeon 2) Joe -- Mrs. Crooks' 5th grade, Meeteetse Schools, Meeteetse, Wyo. (Pallid Sturgeon 3) Rusty -- Mrs. Kinyon's 5th grade, Harlem Elementary School (Pallid Sturgeon 1) Nessie -- Ms. Emond Martineau's 6th grade, Holy Name School, Sheridan, Wyo. (Pallid Sturgeon 2) Joe -- Mrs. Crooks' 5th grade, Meeteetse Schools, Meeteetse, Wyo. (Pallid Sturgeon 3) Flash -- Mrs. Hyatt's 3d grade, Bainville Public School (Pallid Sturgeon 1) -- (Pallid Sturgeon 2) -- (Pallid Sturgeon 3) (This location data on fish is PROVISIONAL DATA that has not been reviewed or edited. This data may be subject to significant change and is not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Data users are cautioned not to download this information and to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for purposes other than school projects specifically related to Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish.) Pallid Sturgeon 1 Click here for details on Pallid Sturgeon 1 Pallid Sturgeon 2 Click here for details on Pallid Sturgeon 2 Pallid Sturgeon 3 Click here for details on Pallid Sturgeon 3 (This location data on fish is PROVISIONAL DATA that has not been reviewed or edited. This data may be subject to significant change and is not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Data users are cautioned not to download this information and to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for purposes other than school projects specifically related to Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish.)

Pallid Sturgeon 1 Date Size Sex Location Mile Traveled Comment 10/7/2005 37 pounds Female Above Pumphouse 1563.5 10/20/2005   Below Erickson Is. 1567.1 Up 3.6 miles A little run upriver 11/22/2005 Sheep Farm 1566 Down 1.1 A liitle run downriver 4/5/2006   Ryders Point 1577.5 Up 11.5 m. Heading back upriver 4/11/2006 Confluence 1581.5 Up 4 m. To mouth of Yellowstone 4/17/2006   Below confluence 1578 Down 3.5 m. Dropped down a few miles 4/25/2006 Up Yellowstone 3 Up 6.5 Back to the Yellowstone 5/2/2006   Confluence 1581.5 Down 4.5 Back down Missouri 5/10/2006 Below Big Sky Bend 15 Up 15 m. Ran up the Yellowstone 5/17/2006   Richland Park 23 Up 8 m. Still running upriver Pallid Sturgeon 2 Date Size Sex Location Mile Traveled Comment 9/30/2005 35 pounds Male Culbertson 1617 10/16/2005   Buford 1584 Down 33 miles Big move in a two weeks 10/20/2005 Below Confluence 1579 Down 5 m. Just below Yellowstone 11/22/2005   Below Confluence 1579 Same Likes this spot 4/4/2006 Below Nohly Br. 1585.5 Up 6.5 m. First spring location 4/11/2006   Confluence 1581.5 Down 4 m. Down to Yellowstone 4/18/2006 Above Fairview 9.5 Up 10 m. Moved up the Yellowstone 4/27/2006   Fairview Bridge 8.5 Down 1 m. Back down a bit 5/2/2006 Fairview Bridge 8.5 Same Didn't budge 5/9/2006   Below Fairview 5 Down 3 m. Dropped down some 5/17/2006 Fairview   6 Up 1 m. Upriver a bit Pallid Sturgeon 3 Date Size Sex Location Mile Traveled Comment 10/16/2005 53 pounds Female Sand Creek 1714.5 10/21/2005   Wolf Point 1711.2 Down 0.3 miles Didn't move too far 11/21/2005 Above Poplar R. 1684.4 Down 25.2 m. Good swim downriver 4/4/2006   Above Poplar R. 1685 Up 0.6 First spring location 4/11/2006 Below Wolf Point 1692 Up 7 m. Moving upriver 4/17/2006   Below Wolf Point 1690 Down 2 m. Dropped downriver a bit 4/24/2006 Near Redwater R. 1679 Down 11 m. Heading down again 5/1/2006   Sprole Bridge 1665 Down 14 m. Still heading down 5/9/2006 Above Brockton 1653 Down 12 m. Down, down, down 5/16/2006   Brockton 1638 Down 85 m. Wow, big run downriver 5/23/2006 Confluence 1581.5 Down 56.5 Missouri or Yellowstone? Back to top of page Click here to learn more about Blue Suckers and other fish species Click here to return to the "Find Your Fish" page Copyright, 2002-07 Montana PikeMasters Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks