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2002 Shovelnose Sturgeon

Fredster -- Ms. Kalanick's 3rd-4th grades, Greenfield School, Fairfield (Shovelnose Sturgeon 1)
Wild Thing -- Mrs. Rome's 5th grade, Shepherd (Shovelnose Sturgeon 2)
Sunny -- Ms. Miller's Benzien School, Garfield County (Shovelnose Sturgeon 3)
Scuba Steve -- Mr. Setchfield's 10th grade Biology, Lustre Christian (Shovelnose Sturgeon 4)
Spade -- Mrs. Ashley's Kindergarten, Miles City Sacred Heart (Shovelnose Sturgeon 5)

Shorty -- Mrs. Anderson's 7th-8th grades, Miles City Sacred Heart (Shovelnose Sturgeon 1)
Michael -- Mr. Chase's 7th grade Life Science, Billings Castle Rock (Shovelnose Sturgeon 2)
Doc -- Ms. Fox and Mr. Volkmar's North Middle School Fishing Club, Great Falls (Shovelnose 3)
Harry Wotter -- Ms. Bue's 3rd-4th-5th grades, Reed Point Elementary (Shovelnose Sturgeon 4)
Shovelnose Sturgeon 5

(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.)

Shovelnose Sturgeon 1

This shovelnose sturgeon really likes the mouth of the Milk River. The fish spent all fall there and was still near there last week.

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Shovelnose Sturgeon 2

This shovelnose sturgeon continues to hold in the Culbertson area and hasn't moved much.

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Shovelnose Sturgeon 3

This shovelnose traveled a lot last fall and has found a place it likes to stay.

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Shovelnose Sturgeon 4

This shovelnose dropped down and out of the Missouri and headed up the Yellowstone.

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Shovelnose Sturgeon 5

This shovelnose continues to move up the Yellowstone and is at Big Sky Bend, above Fairview.

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(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.)

Shovelnose
Sturgeon 1
Date	Size	Location	Mile	Traveled	Flow	Comment
9/11/2001	29.5"	Mouth of Milk	1761.5		4,200	Trapped/radioed
11/13/2001		Mouth of Milk	1761	.5 miles down	3,900	didn't go far
4/8/2002		Mouth of Milk	1759	2 miles down	4,940	still sticking near Milk River
5/21/2002		Nickels Rapids	1758	1 mile down	8,500	dropped down a bit
5/28/2002		Nickels Rapids	1758	Didn't move	9,300	didn't budge



Shovelnose
Sturgeon 2
Date	Size	Location	Mile	Traveled	Flow	Comment
9/17/2001	30.6"	Culbertson	1630		4,190	Trapped/radioed
4/18/2002		Culbertson	1633	3 miles up	5,000	just a bit upstream
5/2/2002		Culbertson	1632	1 mile down	4,800	just a bit downstream
5/15/2002		Below Culbertson	1612	20 miles down	10,500	moved with bigger flows


Shovelnose
Sturgeon 3
Date	Size	Location	Mile	Traveled	Flow	Comment
9/19/2001	28.9"	Culbertson	1630		4,240	Trapped/radioed
11/14/2001		Wolf Point	1696.5	66.5 miles up	4,210	went a long way
4/8/2002		Wolf Point	1709.5	13 miles up	4,940	still heading upstream
5/21/2002		Above Wolf Point	1710	.5 miles up	8,500	just a bit more upstream


Shovelnose
Sturgeon 4
Date	Size	Location	Mile	Traveled	Flow	Comment
9/24/2001	29.9"	Nohly	1590		3,930	Trapped/radioed
4/26/2002		Bainville	1603	13 miles up	4,800	Moving upstream
5/30/2002		Up Yellowstone	10.5	33.5-mile move	13,000	left the Missouri



Shovelnose
Sturgeon 5
Date	Size	Location	Mile	Traveled	Flow	Comment
9/24/2001	28.2"	Nohly	1590		3,930	Trapped/radioed
4/16/2002		Nohly	1591	1 mile up	5,020	still near where implanted
4/26/2002		Confluence	1581.5	9.5 miles down	10,650	At mouth of Yellowstone
4/30/2002		Up Yellowstone	3	3 up	5,190	Headed up Yellowstone
5/1/2002		Yellowstone	3	didn't move	4,700	Staying put
5/16/2002		Yellowstone	2.5	.5 down	5,600	Likes the Yellowstone
5/30/2002		Above Fairview	18	15.5 miles up	13,000	moving up Yellowstone

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