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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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To: DUMBGRUNT

swam little to close to Monroe and slightly glowing in the dark.

see (”We almost lost Detroit) Book


21 posted on 05/04/2021 7:18:05 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Anglers can keep one a year, but only if the fish is a certain size and is caught in a few state waters.

After a year one might become too attached to it.
22 posted on 05/04/2021 7:22:30 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A few thoughts:

Actually, typical lifespan after hatching is probably about 15 minutes. Once they get to “non-vulnerable” size (probably about 8-10”), the odds get a little better. Luckily for sturgeon, a big female can produce 100,000 - 3,000,000 eggs. They need pretty special conditions to breed, however.

I’m not sure what species this is, but 240 lbs. does sound fairly big for a sturgeon in MI. (Some species of sturgeon get much bigger, though, but I believe those species spend part or all of their lives in the sea.)

6 minutes seems awfully quick to land a 240 lb. fish in fresh water. Maybe the USFWS angler was using heavy salt water tackle?

Pretty good Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon


23 posted on 05/04/2021 7:26:16 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

List looks pretty questionable. No turtles? Whales? Chambered nautilus and horseshoe crab would be lucky to make it to 20.


24 posted on 05/04/2021 7:33:02 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: familyop

He is wearing a mask?
Is he worried the old fish will get the chinese virus from him?


25 posted on 05/04/2021 7:35:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: epluribus_2

i toured the Fermi plant..Unit 1 is still welded shut...


26 posted on 05/04/2021 7:36:46 PM PDT by basalt (qQAQ)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

And Jimmy Hoffa was found inside!


27 posted on 05/04/2021 7:42:07 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Was the fish bald and toothless?


28 posted on 05/04/2021 7:49:46 PM PDT by entropy12
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To: rfp1234

Uffda!


29 posted on 05/04/2021 7:50:19 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Pollard

“Probably cleaner water than it was in the 70s”

In the 60’s and early 70’s we spent a lotta summers on Lake Michigan beaches near Gary.

You would get there around 10 a.m.. Spend the first 1/2 hour picking up dead fish. (And when the moms weren’t watching whapping each other with the said fish!)

USA has done a tremendous job cleaning up our country.

Yet the same crew who believes in global climate what ever turn a blind eye to China.

Makes me wonder if this is just about control. After this past year I would vote yes.


30 posted on 05/04/2021 7:50:49 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: GeorgianaCavendish

One of the greatest movies - and has ‘Fish’ in the title:

‘Big Fish’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Fish


31 posted on 05/04/2021 7:53:24 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT
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.

So even female sturgeon nag the males into an early grave ; )

32 posted on 05/04/2021 7:53:40 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: mylife

“can you eat anything from those waters?”

My first thought. Hard to think any river in the rustbelt not being a toxic wast dump.


33 posted on 05/04/2021 8:11:22 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: a fool in paradise

“100 year old crabs”

The itching must have been intolerable.


34 posted on 05/04/2021 8:12:40 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Was that fish called Wanda ????


35 posted on 05/04/2021 8:53:11 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: rfp1234

I see what you did there!


36 posted on 05/04/2021 9:01:24 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: posterchild

Wish I had an aquarium that big.


37 posted on 05/04/2021 9:02:16 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: doorgunner69

“100 year old crabs”

Sure that the donor of said crabs wasn’t 100?


38 posted on 05/04/2021 9:04:47 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: a fool in paradise
I knew someone who caught 100 year old crabs in Detroit

Elucidate please. My mind boggles. :)

39 posted on 05/04/2021 9:07:23 PM PDT by cpdiii (Texan Coonass Cane Cutter Deckhand Roughneck Geologist Pilot Phamacist. CONSTITUTION TO DIE FOR. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That’s a lot of turd chomping!


40 posted on 05/05/2021 3:28:31 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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