100 Year Old Fish Caught

[fmdog44]

The team from the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation office needed nearly six minutes to haul the 240-pound fish into the boat from the Detroit River, near Grosse I less. "She was tired out and didn't fight us very much," said Paige Wigren, another of the scientists who helped catch the sturgeon. "Imagine everything that fish has lived through and seen." They lured the fish by using frozen round goby as bait on a long line that was cast deep into the river, as they conducted their yearly analysis of the fish type. The conservation office posted an image on Facebook of the giant sturgeon lying in the vessel next to one of the biologists to highlight its size.

Officials caught a nearly 7-foot long, 240-pound lake sturgeon in the Detroit River. She's believed to be more than 100 years old.
They measured her and quickly released her back into the river. https://t.co/ZzFjhxkWkj
— WXYZ Detroit (@wxyzdetroit) April 30, 2021​

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I know that fish. She lies. She's not more than 80.