Share May 01, 2021, 6:47 AM A massive lake sturgeon, a dinosaur-looking fish that is probably the oldest species living in North American freshwater lakes, was hauled out of the Detroit River Thursday by U.S. Fish & Wildlife researchers.
Jennifer Johnson of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife service lies next to the massive sturgeon for scale (Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife) The lunker gal and she was a gal tipped the scales at 240 pounds, measured 6 feet 10 inches nose to tail, and nearly four feet around at her midsection. (Or roughly the same as the 45th president, but taller, if she could stand up.) The fish was photographed and released, and the picture of her with a Fish & Wildlife staffer lying alongside for scale, went locally viral Friday.