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Viral Facebook Post Shows Whopping 240-Pound 'River Monster' In Michigan | Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM


But this one probably tops yours.
The Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office’s Facebook post went viral after sharing its “once in a lifetime catch” in the Detroit River.
The “real life river monster” measures just shy of 7 feet long and weighs a whopping 240 pounds. It’s “one of the largest lake sturgeon ever recorded in the U.S.,” according to the agency.
Officials estimate that the creature has roamed Michigan’s waters for more than a century.
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office edited its April 30 Facebook post to clarify that the “river monster” was “quickly released back into the river after being processed. ....

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100-Year-Old "Monster" Fish Caught In The Detroit River


Jessica Sherman, Jennifer Johnson, and Paige Wigren pose with a 123-pound sturgeon captured in 2017 (Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service)
When Jennifer Johnson and her team embarked on their annual quest to survey the sturgeon population in the Detroit River in mid-April 2021, they had fully expected to find some super-sized specimens. However, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists had never anticipated luring in the granddaddy of all sturgeons a massive, 240-pound, 6-foot, 10-inch long fish that they estimate is at least a century old!
Normally when a fish goes by, we call, Fish! Fish! Johnson told
The Detroit News. This time when the shadow went by, and I saw it, I shouted, Fish! Big fish! ....

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Over 100-year-old lake sturgeon, largest recorded in US, caught in Detroit River


The river monster weighs 240-pounds and measures almost 7-feet long!
Credit: Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Facebook page
Staff laying next to adult lake sturgeon on deck of boat by Jason Fischer/USFWS.
Author: Sasha Zidar (WZZM 13)
Published: 12:11 PM EDT April 30, 2021
Updated: 12:11 PM EDT April 30, 2021
The Detroit River is home to a real life river monster! 
Well, maybe not a real monster, but it is home to one of the largest lake sturgeon s ever recorded in the U.S., according to the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. 
Last week, the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office posted on their Facebook page a wicked photo of a once in a lifetime catch of a 240-pound and nearly 7-foot lake sturgeon, caught by the Detroit River native species crew.  ....

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