Re: NANFA-- Biggest fresh water NA fish

Ray Ravary, Jr. (rravary_at_provide.net)
Tue, 04 Jan 2000 01:10:21 -0500

Richard,

Where do you live? I'm in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area. I talked to Robert about
volunteering time. You up for a Michigan chapter? Do you collect? How many tanks?,
ect., ect.

R3

DasArm_at_aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/3/00 10:38:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> fundulus_at_hotmail.com writes:
>
> << The Lake Sturgeon,
>
> _Acipenser fulvescens_, which can grow to 2.7 m at maturity at least in
> verifiable modern records. Such a fish weighs 400 lbs. In the 1880s, there
> were believable reports of sturgeon being taken in the Cahaba River in
> Alabama that weighed 850 pounds and had to be removed from the water by
> teams of mules.
>
> This may be an on-going Alabama slant on my part, I admit.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL
> "where the fish are often still Jurassic" >>
>
> Nothing wrong with your Alabama slant; it just shows enthusiasm for the
> region you represent, which is good. In fact, I was going to suggest the very
> same species, and I suppose that being from the land of the Great lakes that
> I could be accused of a Michigan slant for proposing the lake sturgeon as the
> largest NA fw fish.
>
> Richard Hopper
>
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