“What I’m also looking for is any kind of activity that we’re seeing. So, if we see sturgeon kind of jumping in the middle of the river. You’ll start seeing sturgeon kind of nosing their ...

In fact, Shaw points out the two species are often confused with each other when spotted jumping. “A sturgeon tends to jump straight up and then kind of fall on its side,” he explains.

They’re more active too, jumping out of the water from time to time, their bodies vibrating like plucked guitar strings. When a female sturgeon is ready to spawn, a group of males surrounds her ...