Rare, Weird-Looking Fish Caught in Missouri River

[proud2BlibKansan]

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you’ve ever gone fishing and pulled out a really weird looking fish, you can relate to Jeanette Herron and her boyfriend Dave Neumann.

On Sunday the couple went fishing in the Missouri River at River Front Park and caught a rare white Pallid Sturgeon using night crawlers. It was the first time Neumann ever cast his line into the Mighty Mo.

“I’m from Branson, and I grew up on rivers,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to fish in the Missouri River.”

The bigger the river, the bigger the fish, Neumann says. And it was the allure of large fish that kept Neumann dreaming of the Missouri. He said before his weekend fishing trip he went online and researched the types of fish in the river.

more . . . http://fox4kc.com/2012/05/30/rare-weird-looking-fish-caught-in-missouri-river/

[undeterred]

1. Is it an albino?

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. It's a Palid Sturgeon

[UnrepentantLiberal]

2. I hope he threw it back.

[flvegan]

3. He did.

At least according to the article he did. Appears the fish is endangered and fisher-folk are required to put them back. Interesting story.

[X_Digger]

4. He did..

“I read a brief article about the Pallid Sturgeon and learned then it was endangered,” he said.
The species, known to live at least 40 years, is, in fact, endangered. Fishermen are required to release them if caught. Neumann and his girlfriend did just that, but not before snapping a couple of pictures.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

5. Good.

They have sturgeon in Oregon's Columbia and Willamette rivers. There you cannot keep small or large sturgeon. They're dinosaurs by the way.

[X_Digger]

6. *nod*, an amazing critter.

I have to admit, if I caught a fish that I didn't know was native, and I thought I had enough knowledge to be reasonably sure about that, I'd probably not throw it back- there are a lot of invasive species already in our waterways.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

7. Yes, and some were introduced intentionally

so they could be sold for food.

[The Midway Rebel]

8. Pollution, Army Corps of Engineer river channeling and over fishing.

I remember seeing films of those things being caught back in the 60s that were 4 and 5 feet long. They were treasured for their "caviar".