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Hold on! 240-pound fish, age 100, caught in Detroit River
ABC News ^
| 39 April 2021
| ED WHITE
Posted on 05/04/2021 6:50:06 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
- Now that's a whopper — a very old whopper!
A 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The "real life river monster" was nearly 7 feet (2.1 meters) long,
The typical lifespan is 55 years for a male sturgeon and 70 to 100 years for females, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Frozen round goby, a tasty snack for a sturgeon, was used as bait on a long line that was deep in the river.
All sturgeon caught in the Detroit River must be released.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: caviar; fish; fishtales; sturgeon; thisbig
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Good thing they have some photos!
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:50:06 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
can you eat anything from those waters?
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:53:07 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Like a sturgeon
Caught for the very first time...
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:53:32 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:53:35 PM PDT
by
familyop
(Only here for the tales from the rubber room.)
To: mylife
Probably cleaner water than it was in the 70s but this fish is 100 so it’s lived in the worst polluted water there ever was in that river.
Quite a survivor.
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:55:59 PM PDT
by
Pollard
To: DUMBGRUNT
All sturgeon caught in the Detroit River must be released. Unlike the criminals.
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:56:03 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
To: SunkenCiv
I knew someone who caught 100 year old crabs in Detroit
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:56:37 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
To: DUMBGRUNT
Where does a sturgeon buy a red coat?
Also, the implication is that sturgeon wear masks in the Detroit river...
Not really surprising...
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:58:40 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
To: mylife
can you eat anything from those waters? Let's hope so. I saw Ronald McDonald in a rowboat fishing for fillets. Just slap 'em into a bun.
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posted on
05/04/2021 6:59:04 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
To: mylife
can you eat anything from those waters?Avoid the Detroit "white fish".
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:00:41 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
To: rfp1234
To: rfp1234
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:03:45 PM PDT
by
Husker24
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:03:59 PM PDT
by
GeorgianaCavendish
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The Twelve Oldest Animals in the World:
Coelacanth
Frilled Shark
Sturgeon
Goblin Shark
Lamprey
Bacteria
Martian Ants
Horseshoe Crab
Sponges
Notostraca
Nautilus
Jellyfish
Glad they had to throw her back. If the Sturgeon was close to 100, it was a female. Or it identified as a gay male. Did anyone ask? *SNORT*
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:04:43 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I figured Keith Richards would have been on that list.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
To: DUMBGRUNT
If you can get it in the boat, it’s no big deal.
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:09:01 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Tijeras_Slim; crosdaddy
LOL! FReepers are the BEST! :)
Revised list:
Coelacanth
Frilled Shark
Sturgeon
Goblin Shark
Lamprey
Bacteria
Helen Thomas
Martian Ants
Horseshoe Crab
Sponges
Notostraca
Nautilus
Keith Richards
Jellyfish
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:11:25 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: rfp1234
I see what you did there.
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:13:00 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Does it have 3 eyes like Blinky from The Simpsons?
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posted on
05/04/2021 7:13:57 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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