Man Finds -- and Kills -- 100-Year-Old Fish

[awault]

First of all it would be nice if the story had been ACCURATE.

1) This happened on Lake Winnebago and not Lake Michigan... Lake Winnebago has a highly successful and sustainable lake sturgeon population.

2) I've never heard of catch and release spear fishing... Roughly 2000 fish total are harvested during the entire season. The entire process is strictly regulated and it is probably this strict regulation that allowed the sturgeon to reach this size/weight in the first place.

Finally, give the guy a break. He's been staring through a hole in the ice religiously for 43 years and finally accomplished his goal to land a real monster! And if he can't afford to get it mounted... yes he probably will eat it. He's from Wisconsin after all.

 

[monster convist]

I hate people... the guy catches and kills a 100 year old fish only to decide that he doesn't want to pay a couple bucks to have it mounted.
What was the point of killing it if he wasn't even going to mount it? I guess he could eat it, but 100 year old dinner doesn't exactly sound appitizing.

i mean it wasn't a couple bucks more like a couple thousand

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

Figures....he owns a Chevy.....

 

[Bderick67]

First of all it would be nice if the story had been ACCURATE.

1) This happened on Lake Winnebago and not Lake Michigan... Lake Winnebago has a highly successful and sustainable lake sturgeon population.

From the article and not the caption under the picture

was killed by a spear fisherman Saturday on Lake Winnebago's north shore.

 

[thorpbrian]

From the article

I wasn't questioning whether HE did it legally. That was pretty clear from the article. I was questioning the fact that their laws allow these monsters to be caught. Seems like a 100 year old fish should fall in the "to big to spear/catch and keep" category.

 

[likestofish]

personally i think mounting a fish is a waste. To throw away all that meat to just to see it on a wall

Posted on mobile.monsterfishkeepers.com

 

[Bderick67]

I wasn't questioning whether HE did it legally. That was pretty clear from the article. I was questioning the fact that their laws allow these monsters to be caught. Seems like a 100 year old fish should fall in the "to big to spear/catch and keep" category.

You asked this question

Does Michigan not have an upper legal limit for keeper sturgeon?

So doesn't seem it was clear enough. I would think it pretty hard to tell the fishes birthday while looking at it through a hole chopped in the ice

 

[fobrinkle]

First of all it would be nice if the story had been ACCURATE.

1) This happened on Lake Winnebago and not Lake Michigan... Lake Winnebago has a highly successful and sustainable lake sturgeon population.

2) I've never heard of catch and release spear fishing... Roughly 2000 fish total are harvested during the entire season. The entire process is strictly regulated and it is probably this strict regulation that allowed the sturgeon to reach this size/weight in the first place.

Finally, give the guy a break. He's been staring through a hole in the ice religiously for 43 years and finally accomplished his goal to land a real monster! And if he can't afford to get it mounted... yes he probably will eat it. He's from Wisconsin after all.

Well put. If you google Lake Winnebago, Wi you will see an article about sturgeon thriving ther

 

[kjfan1]

Amazing fish! I would've tanked it!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

It is a shame to kill such an old fish but I'm guessing that fish is past it's prime and might not even contribute to the breeding population anymore.