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The 1st Sturgeon Festival.
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Early morning with exhibitors preparing. From left: Haybales for the Sturgeon Maze, TCWN, UTK, TNACI, TWRA, & TVA.
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Ed Scott speaking of his video about collecting Lake Sturgeon eggs in Wisconsin.
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TVA fish art decals, hand colored by youngsters and Moms alike.
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Kathlina Alford of TNACI overlooking magnet fishing for scute marked paper Sturgeons.
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Removing scutes is how one identifies what year a sturgeon is released. You can see the 2 reddish wounds which heal quickly.
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Lake Sturgeon's side.
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Lake Sturgeon's underside.
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TWRA rep and Chad of the Warm Springs Hatchery discussing one of the 2748 Sturgeons.
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A net full of Sturgeon headed for the riverside tub.
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At the river's edge children were allowed to hand release a personal sturgeon.
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The last of the two insulated containers being drained.
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Into their new home, the mighty French Broad.