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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: caviar; fish; fishtales; sturgeon; thisbig
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Good thing they have some photos!
1 posted on 05/04/2021 6:50:06 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

can you eat anything from those waters?


2 posted on 05/04/2021 6:53:07 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Like a sturgeon
Caught for the very first time...


3 posted on 05/04/2021 6:53:32 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

One photo posted by the same journalist.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1388235178569576451/oHm4zRB0?format=jpg&name=900x900


4 posted on 05/04/2021 6:53:35 PM PDT by familyop (Only here for the tales from the rubber room.)
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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.


5 posted on 05/04/2021 6:55:59 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: DUMBGRUNT
All sturgeon caught in the Detroit River must be released.

Unlike the criminals.

6 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.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I knew someone who caught 100 year old crabs in Detroit


7 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. )
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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...


8 posted on 05/04/2021 6:58:40 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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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.

9 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.)
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can you eat anything from those waters?

Avoid the Detroit "white fish".

10 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)
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To: rfp1234

the boy is quick!


11 posted on 05/04/2021 7:00:59 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: rfp1234

Lol!


12 posted on 05/04/2021 7:03:45 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: DUMBGRUNT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0-HGqy_8c

Greatest series of fish jokes ever made


13 posted on 05/04/2021 7:03:59 PM PDT by GeorgianaCavendish (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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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*


14 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. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I figured Keith Richards would have been on that list.


15 posted on 05/04/2021 7:06:32 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You missed Helen Thomas.


16 posted on 05/04/2021 7:08:23 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: DUMBGRUNT
If you can get it in the boat, it’s no big deal.


17 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. )
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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


18 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. )
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To: rfp1234

I see what you did there.


19 posted on 05/04/2021 7:13:00 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Does it have 3 eyes like Blinky from The Simpsons?


20 posted on 05/04/2021 7:13:57 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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