The Oddly Dark & Fascinating World of Sturgeon Spearing
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2023
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Every February, Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin, USA freezes over and a thousands of shanties and 4WDs appear on the ice. Swimming slowly in the water are sturgeon, ancient fish that survived whatever wiped out the dinosaurs -- and on the ice are humans, with medieval-looking spears at the ready, hoping to catch one of these giant fish. Most spearfishers are here just for the sport, but there's something else about sturgeon that makes them very special: their eggs a.k.a. caviar. A small tin of caviar can cost hundreds of dollars, and where there's big money to be made, there's scamming. 
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It’s sad that they went after the guy in charge of the caviar guy. It seemed like a good and sweet way the town came together.
When you mentioned the use of shiny objects to attract the sturgeons, it reminded me of the currency on SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom.
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I can't wait to look back on these comments when they have 100k, 150k, etc. We knew them when lol!
I dont really quite understand why the bartering is illegal? They cant pay people to process it and the people who process it cant keep a little for themselves?
You can pay someone to make your eggs into caviar but you can't barter it's really weird. I guess they figure that if you pay someone it's easier to keep track of and less likely to have someone poach a sturgeon. It's really dumb. Same goes with smoking the sturgeon. We can pay someone to smoke our fish but we can't give them some fish to smoke it. I grew up about 30 mins from the lake that we can spear on and have done it all my life.
Seems like a waste to just throw them away. As long as they’re not illegally selling the caviar it sounds fine to me. Waste of government money to prosecute these people.
Theyre not thrown away theyre supposedly great eating from what I hear. Winnebago is stuffed with sturgeon also, theyre stilll very protected and thats the only season in the state where you can harvest them.
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the caviar scandal was ridiculous and it just seems like the DNR was looking for someone to make an example of so they could nip caviar bartering in the bud even if it's not the real problem the DNR is trying to prevent, but these fish are heavily endangered and these regulations are definitely needed despite the overreach some officials might use them to get up to. Unfortunately, like with any law, some politicians and judges will take their verdicts too far.
Sadly human tendency is to worsen a situation, especially where there's potential for profit. Given time, they might have turned this into a business.
"Thrown away" means put back into the environment. That's the point.
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Only just stumbled onto this channel a few days ago, lovely to see your faces so soon.
I've been reading David Attenborough's book recently, it's genuinely bizarre to me that the law is going after these small-town communities just having a good time, as you noted victimlessly, while nothing seemingly can be done about the widespread destruction of ocean life.
It's not victimless. They're literally breaking laws, and often time actively decreasing animal population.
This isn't like hunting deer.
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what a joke, was this just some young game warden trying to look like a rockstar...? legit crazy to dedicate 30 undercovers and all you get is some people paying for egg cleaning in eggs lmao
your voice is so unique and calming ...its one of the best things about your channel.
I grew up in wisconsin where I lived lake sturgeon numbers were in relatively good numbers. Spearing always seemed like a cultural/historic thing to me kind of like hunting with a flintlock. They are usually pretty easy to catch on hook and line under the dams, on the bottom similar to the way you fish for catfish.
Really interesting story and a pleasant surprise to see you guys! Thanks again for your incredible videos, I've been enjoying watching you grow since I started paying attention right before 42k subs.
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Absurd use of government resources prosecuting theses people
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I just found your channel and love every single one of your stories. Such an eclectic range of topics is sure to keep viewers coming back for more!
Kinda surreal having binged this channel’s content, and then seeing a video about Lake Winnebago (which I live a block away from)
The shantys and shacks they put up are fascinating to me.
Winnebago is like a small city in the winter. Alot of lakes are, it's pretty cool to see honestly. Some of them dudes have $50k ice castles they bring out along with 10k worth of fishing gear and 20k utvs lol
If they are going extinct then why are they throwing away the eggs.
Theyre not going extinct here in Wi theres plenty of em all over the state but especially in the Bago system.
They're not going extinct,
I live on the south eastern shoreline of Lake Michigan. A local fisherman caught a large sturgeon this year. I wasn’t aware of how cool they are!
“Sturgeon General”… ha, I get it. That’s a good one. 10/10
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State DNRs ate facing huge budget curs and dorty legislature. They NEEDED this to justify budgets.
That seems like such a small town thing, to do work for a part of the meat. They used to do that in the south with deers during season. You could take it a butcher and they would clean it up for you for free with them taking a bit of it!
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"Its okay for me to have illegal caviar because I'm not selling it." Seriously?
Man what a frivilous charge , these wardens literally have nothing better to do.
This seems like a witch hunt. Everyone who got in trouble just didn't waste the food. If they were poaching the fish or selling them on the black market I'd get it but they just ate and shared it for free. Rather unfortunate.
Gratz on the 50k subs guys! I'm betting on 100k very soon!
Awesome content
Where do you post your sources? I’d like to learn more about this subject
ohhh is the am in amglimpse for the first letters of your names?
Yep 😄
Fort Peck lake has sturgeon We catch them quite often actually
Inside are outdoor enthusiasts. I think I know where the indoor enthusiasts will be (-:
Love your content, keep up the great work
Hope you're doing well
Why was this video and a couple other channels' videos I'm subscribed to not in my notifications? I just randomly found this 😢
What a cool story
17:46 The DNR volunteers quit volunteering. That should tell you something right there.
This video makes me so hungry
Oh no, 550$ in fines. The people in the comments need to get real.
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What a railroad job by the state! !!!!!!!!! waste of resources and ruining peoples lives for nothing!
Meanwhile Shawn wendts kids are cutting buckets of caviar out of fish at their bar on video and posting it on Facebook two years later 😂😂
Cool.
I want to know about the recent discovery that much of the caviar being sold around the world was DNA tested to find the eggs to be from other fish.
There was a scandal a couple years ago where a couple DNR officers were busted in an illegal cabiar ring. Not sure what ever happened to em, probably got a slap on the wrist because ya know theyre officers lol. Theyre very protected here in Wi but theyre not as rare as you think. They're all over the state nowadays and there's only the one season for em.
Caviar are traceable are it?
Spearing hrs were sunrise till sunset until the 2000's it changed to 6 hrs to
Need to find that clip of an american politician yelling about how ice shanties are a hub for prostitution
holy cow caviar looks and sounds disgusting
Damnn. That lady in the older couple used to be a total babe!! Lmao
You mentioned everything you can expect from a wisconsin festival but you didn't say cheese?? Come on now .
Grows up to 8ft, but pictures show 13ft specimens...
White sturgeon get that big lake sturgeon they don't really know how big they will get seeing as they've only been keeping records for so long. They really don't know how big a lake sturgeon can get. Biggest one in the Winnebago system was 214 pounds and they had tagged that same fish full of eggs and she was over 250.
No offence but they look absolutely awful. I have never been able to get over that lol
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Great video, as always. A little less depressing this time lol
Also, what accent do you have?
Kiwi? Mid-american?
Thanks :)
@@awinsawin6471I think he’s from South Africa, heard it somewhere on their Patreon
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@@thesoundcheck666He’s either Australian or from New Zealand you fool
ADAAAAM!!!!
You're so hot!!!
I always imagine you with a beard, but your soulful eyes are just ❤❤❤
Great video, as always. A little less depressing this time lol
Happy 50k, prolly wont see me in the next video. I unsubbed.
The earth is not 200 million years old.
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Seems like a whole lot of effort to punish someone with a $50 fine. How many thousands of hours of government pay were wasted on this nonsense?
I gotta say this particular video was abysmally boring
You're a bad person if you kill something that can live 150~ yrs.
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dsiguting, why so much effort in killing a beautiful fish 😢