Icebreak
Flashlight Enthusiast
Sunday afternoon I'm fishing with a new rig. I'm pleased with it. It's just a composite eight footer by Shimano with a Diawa Crossfire running 20 lb SuperBraid. I'm not tearing them up at all but I'm getting some production.
Then I sense that there's something going on in the area. The humans were prairie dogging. Lots a people were looking at a guy about 35 yds. up from me. There was a flurry of activity. When I saw what he had it looked to be one of the largest I've seen. Here's some of his assistants displaying what the guy caught:
Honestly, I get a queasy feeling when I see these prehistoric fish being caught. I fish for bass, crappie and sometimes walleye. Well, it's legal here and the man that caught it will turn it into steaks and serve it to his family as opposed to just harvesting it for the caviar.
This one looked to be about 40 lbs. The US record is 198 lbs. I'd liked to have seen that one. Historically, some native Americans highly regarded the oil from this fish for its medicinal characteristics. It is suspected that this fish has electrosensory receptors in its rostrum that can detect some weak electrical fields suggesting that they use their rostrum as an antenna to detect zooplankton.
Anyway, I thought this might be of some interest.
Then I sense that there's something going on in the area. The humans were prairie dogging. Lots a people were looking at a guy about 35 yds. up from me. There was a flurry of activity. When I saw what he had it looked to be one of the largest I've seen. Here's some of his assistants displaying what the guy caught:
Honestly, I get a queasy feeling when I see these prehistoric fish being caught. I fish for bass, crappie and sometimes walleye. Well, it's legal here and the man that caught it will turn it into steaks and serve it to his family as opposed to just harvesting it for the caviar.
This one looked to be about 40 lbs. The US record is 198 lbs. I'd liked to have seen that one. Historically, some native Americans highly regarded the oil from this fish for its medicinal characteristics. It is suspected that this fish has electrosensory receptors in its rostrum that can detect some weak electrical fields suggesting that they use their rostrum as an antenna to detect zooplankton.
Anyway, I thought this might be of some interest.
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