Kayak fished the St. Croix river last year, on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin, for smallmouth bass. Crystal clear water. Floated over several huge sturgeon, 4-6 feet long. The way they look, it feels like coming across a dinosaur. Thankfully they're bottom feeders.
Joel_Mckay 6 hours ago [-]
Acipenser transmontanus are harmless sucker mouth fish, and lived in the local rivers long before our towns were even an idea.
They are usually strictly catch and release, but in a kayak could probably pull you a great distance. They are deceptively strong for their size, and a big part of local conservation efforts.
400 years is plausible, as they do live a long time when left alone. =3
embedding-shape 51 minutes ago [-]
> lived in the local rivers long before our towns were even an idea
To be fair, the towns you're talking about are barely 200-300 years or so I presume? Most other towns in the world are probably older than those towns, and maybe even the fish if it's just 400 years ago :)
defrost 39 minutes ago [-]
To be fair the towns a North American might be talking about could easily date to 400 to 600 years ago at least - with signs of human occupation in the Great Lakes area going back 10-12,000 years before present, a good deal on the present lake floors.
From the descriptions there, the article's estimate of 99% (reduction from historic population levels) is a severe underestimate.
nature_ilands 1 hours ago [-]
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earth-tattoo 3 hours ago [-]
I recently visited Lake America and accompanied a local fisher on his boat. Saw a few of these. They are very majestic. I hope the conservation efforts will bear fruit.
embedding-shape 37 minutes ago [-]
> I recently visited Lake America
Wonder wtf you were talking about: apparently the US has expanded on their threats to other's national sovereignty, I guess to the surprise of no one:
> Lake Ontario became the center of a geographical naming dispute when U.S. president Donald Trump issued an executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to refer to it as "Lake America" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario_naming_dispute
It's like a TV show, hilarious from the outside but I'm sure dire internally. Good luck y'all.
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They are usually strictly catch and release, but in a kayak could probably pull you a great distance. They are deceptively strong for their size, and a big part of local conservation efforts.
400 years is plausible, as they do live a long time when left alone. =3
To be fair, the towns you're talking about are barely 200-300 years or so I presume? Most other towns in the world are probably older than those towns, and maybe even the fish if it's just 400 years ago :)
From the descriptions there, the article's estimate of 99% (reduction from historic population levels) is a severe underestimate.
Wonder wtf you were talking about: apparently the US has expanded on their threats to other's national sovereignty, I guess to the surprise of no one:
> Lake Ontario became the center of a geographical naming dispute when U.S. president Donald Trump issued an executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to refer to it as "Lake America" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario_naming_dispute
It's like a TV show, hilarious from the outside but I'm sure dire internally. Good luck y'all.