A seven foot long, two foot wide “sea monster” washed up beneath the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend. Some have described it as having the scales of a fish, body of a serpent, head of a pit bull and size of a large alligator.
Fishing in the Bay Area all my life it’s obvious to me what it is. Do you know what this “sea monster” is?
UPDATE:
This sea monster was confirmed to be an Atlantic Sturgeon by the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation.
There’s a story going around that a 12’5″ long sturgeon was caught and released last Tuesday in San Pablo Bay near the pumphouse. It was caught by Sean Traecy of San Francisco and estimated to have weighed over 800lbs.
Some people have expressed doubts regarding the story as no photos have yet to surface. The story reminded me of another GIANT sturgeon but this time it was caught on video two years ago by an NBC News chopper pilot as it swam near the surface in San Francisco Bay.
So for you doubters out there, these giants do exist.