100-year-old, 240-pound fish caught in Michigan
“She likely hatched in the Detroit River around 1920 when Detroit became the 4th largest city in America” By
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service caught a 240 pound sturgeon last week that could be more than 100 years old in the Detroit River.
The Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office said in a Facebook post that the sturgeon measured at nearly 7 feet, labeling it “a real life river monster.”
The sturgeon is one of the largest ever recorded in the U.S.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service caught a 240 pound sturgeon last week that could be more than 100 years old in the Detroit River.
240-pound sturgeon? Not just a fish story
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
A staff member with the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office s Detroit River native species crew lies next to an adult lake sturgeon on the deck of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boat during April 2021.Photo by Jason Fischer | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Now that’s a whopper a very old whopper!
A 240-pound 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 long, the agency said Friday on Facebook, where the photo was shared more than 24,000 times by late afternoon.
The Associated Press
This April 22, 2021 photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows 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 with a USFWS staffer laying next to it. The 240-pound, nearly 7 foot long fish, assumed to be a female was quickly released back into the river after being weighed and measured into the river. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
DETROIT Now that’s a whopper a very old whopper! A 240-pound 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 long, the agency said Friday on Facebook, where the photo was shared more than 24,000 times by late afternoon. “Based on its girth and size, it is assumed to be a female and that she has been roaming our waters over 100 years. She was quickly released back in
100-year-old, 240-pound fish caught in Detroit River
Updated May 01, 2021;
DETROIT (AP) Now that’s a whopper a very old whopper!
A 240-pound 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 long, the agency said Friday on Facebook, where the photo was shared more than 24,000 times by late afternoon.
“Based on its girth and size, it is assumed to be a female and that she has been roaming our waters over 100 years. She was quickly released back into the river” after being weighed and measured, the Fish and Wildlife Service said.
Hold on! 100-year-old fish caught at last
AP/Detroit Filed on May 1, 2021
The fish, assumed to be a female, was quickly released back into the river after being weighed and measured into the river.
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The real life river monster is nearly 7 feet long and its photo is shared more than 24,000 times: US Fish and Wildlife Service Now that’s a whopper a very old whopper!
A 240-pound (108.8 kilogrammes) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
The “real life river monster” was nearly 7 feet (2.1 metres) long, the agency said on Friday on Facebook, where the photo was shared more than 24,000 times by late afternoon.